Quote Originally Posted by myahele View Post
Here's an example:
The Ladle in the Darkness
Funny thing about this and the other 4 quests that follow. Before HW hit, if you weren't level 50 by the time you got to Blue Fog, or slightly undergeared, this quest, and the others in the series involve you in a little bit of combat, explain what's going on in Norther Thanalan so close to the enemy and prep you for that last bit of XP you might need to get to level 50. You can't finish that 4th quest until you hit level 50.

Are they meaningless? Only if you don't believe you deserve that GC rank of Second Lieutenant. They are exactly the sort of things you would do to hearten the troops for the big push that shortly follows.

If you came late to the party, of course you want to whiz through this to get to the 'good stuff'. Perhaps SE will accommodate you, perhaps they can't without radically revising the story line: Cataclysm anyone?