this game is NOT friendly for those who return after long absence

[Isondre]

Also playing catchup. For those of you on a high horse saying "stfu and just enjoy the content," I dare you to make a fresh character and do the main story all in a go. See how fun it is. (Hint: it is not fun.) I'm sure that if you were around and had the play time to do the main story as it was introduced, a chunk at a time over months with nothing else to do, you have fond memories. But laid out end to end in one endless, linear track, it is tedious and grueling.

It is insane that I cannot even see Ishgard or play a level 30 job without doing literal DAYS of main story quest. Either the endless fetch/find kids/make tea for minfilia//teleport/wait in DF queue/rinse/repeat storyline needs to be streamlined, or parts of it need to be made optional.