Thanks for the tips...

though not to be salty, but I feel dumb for pre ordering to get on with the early access. And now I can t enjoy the early access because I have to grind old content.

It's really a bad system for new coming players. I had 2 friends interested in the game and they gave up because of the MSQ grind.

I get that people enjoy the MSQ but it s silly to force new player to go through ALL of that just to catch up. It s too much of a time sink at this point and many will give up entirely.

I grinded myself to this point, but I am seriously getting frustrated even though I am so close to finally getting up to date.

Square should really just give vendors to pass the Ilevel requirements. Progressing through the world and discovering new things to unlock the MSQ is enjoyable. to grinding content just to get the old storys done is just a big turn off.