Changes to early game with 5.0?

[van_arn]

Have to keep in mind the leveling process in ARR is VASTLY longer than any of the expacs, even if you level through a chunk faster even before all the xp buffs its 50 lvls vs. 10. And this mind set of "the real game" is probably killing more newbies than everything else combined, its like telling them the story is worthless once your 70 and endgame grinding your finally playing FFXIV.

For the record, I've done ARRs entire MSQ 7 times already, hopefully my last round of it will be done before Shadowbringers.

I'm very happy you enjoy the questing and the story. What usually happens, however, is people clear the msq once and never touch it again once they unlock the real game.