Quote Originally Posted by Dubah View Post
The story quests are just getting out of hand. I wanted to buy the expac, but i gotta wait til tomorrow or monday, i was trying to work through the story quests to get to heavensward but jesus, these thing don't end... What is the deal with all these quests? I don't remember it being like this, last i remember you beat ultima weapon and the story was done after that, now I've completed at least 20 more story quests and still don't even feel like i am breaking the surface. Is there any way to skip all of these quests or are they seriously neccessary?
Yes they are necessary. The storyline is what leads you to ishgard, storyline wise ishgard still has it's borders closed to foreigners entirely, it doesn't make sense for your character to suddenly be allowed there without completing the main story quest completion that explains your entire reason for being there in the first place. It's fairly grindy I agree and I wouldn't blame you if you wanted to give up.

Here's the full list of the story quests after ultima weapon and that chain you need to complete to get to ishgard. Dunno if it makes you feel any better, but this will give you a visual to know how far along you are.

http://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wi...ral_Era_Quests