Quote Originally Posted by Raikou777 View Post
A lot of older players may not realize how long these chains are..and 80% of the quests are pointless fetch quests that could be removed at no cost to the storyline.
Most of the "filler" is either setting up the next fight or next big issue, or an issue that shows up a couple patches later, or even stuff that makes its way into the expansion.

The format may be malleable (i.e. condensing multiple quests into one longer quest), but the stuff that's happening in them? Surprisingly little could be cut without later events feeling like they came out of nowhere or were contrived.

That said, I'm surprised it's taken you three weeks. It took me roughly that amount of time when I also had to gear up via soldiery pre-expansion, and you have a headstart on the gear requirements.