After defeating Ultimate weapon 77 more quests to get to Ishgard?

[Myrany]

One small bit of advice. You will be over the level of the content you are doing especially if you have the road to 80 buff. Sometimes massively over leveled. As long as your gear is adequate for the content you are doing don't spend a fortune in gil on the marketboard to get gear for your actual level.

For example: If you are in the level 50 2.x quests and are level 70 (I went through this recently) as long as your gear is at least for level 50 it is good enough. Don't let anyone push you into spending a small fortune on level 70 HQ gear on the Market Board. Some people in leveling instances can on occasion be pretty rude and snobby about gear.

[Deveryn]

One small bit of advice. You will be over the level of the content you are doing especially if you have the road to 80 buff. Sometimes massively over leveled. As long as your gear is adequate for the content you are doing don't spend a fortune in gil on the marketboard to get gear for your actual level.

For example: If you are in the level 50 2.x quests and are level 70 (I went through this recently) as long as your gear is at least for level 50 it is good enough. Don't let anyone push you into spending a small fortune on level 70 HQ gear on the Market Board. Some people in leveling instances can on occasion be pretty rude and snobby about gear.

People can be rude and snobby (I recall dealing with that early on), but people are also not paying attention to keeping their gear even the same level. I had a slow run of Grand Cosmos last night and I spotted a level 63 piece on one of the DPS (along with a bunch of weathered gear). I didn't mind too much as I was the healer and everything was generally fine, but things go a bit smoother for everyone if people take the time to keep their gear up to date. You can make some mistakes and take some hits.

[ForteNightshade]

If you are in a rush to get through the story at this point I would suggest a skip or quit the game. You have an absolute massive amount of phenomenal story ahead but it may be to much for you to handle.

A good chunk of post ARR quests is almost entirely filter, and very far from phenomenal storytelling. It's long ben maligned by pretty much everyone as a slog. Even after the reduction of quests, it's still needlessly long. But don't let your bias get in the way.

Going back to the OP. Post-ARR/Expansion quests don't give much in the way of EXP. So you won't outlevel the story. If you are just wanting to reach Heavensward, don't be afraid to skim some of the story. I'd recommend sitting through 2.4 into the 2.55 conclusion as that does setup your adventures in Heavensward. Not to mention, it's fairly good. With that said, you'll have access to New Game+. So if you do skip some story now. You can always go back later.

[Gemina]

Is this correct? I'm already over level 50 after defeating the ultimate weapon. But before I can get to the new lands, I have to complete 77 level 50 quests? If so, that is absurd. I will be completely over leveled for the new areas. My gathering/crafting jobs are stuck for a crazy amount of time because I can't go gather there. Someone tell me I'm reading this wrong.

You're not reading it wrong, and it used to be around 100 quests until SE squished it a bit. I'll refrain from mentioning how many MSQs it requires to get to Endwalker. If you're worried about being over leveled, don't be.

Nothing to it but to do it, buy a skip, or quit. Up to you.

[Myrany]

People can be rude and snobby (I recall dealing with that early on), but people are also not paying attention to keeping their gear even the same level. I had a slow run of Grand Cosmos last night and I spotted a level 63 piece on one of the DPS (along with a bunch of weathered gear). I didn't mind too much as I was the healer and everything was generally fine, but things go a bit smoother for everyone if people take the time to keep their gear up to date. You can make some mistakes and take some hits.

notice I said to make sure you were up to date for the content you are doing. I got crapped on in a dungeon for wearing 70 gear while I am level 77 but I was in a 60 dungeon. 70 gear was more than adequate for the dungeon in question.

[Deveryn]

notice I said to make sure you were up to date for the content you are doing. I got crapped on in a dungeon for wearing 70 gear while I am level 77 but I was in a 60 dungeon. 70 gear was more than adequate for the dungeon in question.

Yeah, I was just emphasizing the point. I would add that saving poetics towards gear should be a priority.

Your situation is definitely an odd one.

[PirateRyanG]

One small bit of advice. You will be over the level of the content you are doing especially if you have the road to 80 buff. Sometimes massively over leveled. As long as your gear is adequate for the content you are doing don't spend a fortune in gil on the marketboard to get gear for your actual level.

For example: If you are in the level 50 2.x quests and are level 70 (I went through this recently) as long as your gear is at least for level 50 it is good enough. Don't let anyone push you into spending a small fortune on level 70 HQ gear on the Market Board. Some people in leveling instances can on occasion be pretty rude and snobby about gear.

I've never encountered that. I mean, I do inspect gear if I noticed somebody is taking more damage than they should, but I can't recall a single situation where somebody had encouraged somebody to buy better gear.

The only time I have mentioned it (or seen somebody else mention it) is if somebody is wearing incredibly low gear for the dungeon e.g. Wearing some pieces of level 5 gear in a level 30 dungeon.

Most people aren't checking your gear as standard unless you really, really mess up or they notice something odd.

[PirateRyanG]

First of all. I'm trying to get access to the areas to do provision turn ins for GC for seals. I would also like to get mats for crafting as I really enjoy gathering and crafting.

Second of all, I'm sorry but the story line in this game is garbage. I like the game well enough but I see so many fanbois foaming at the mouth over the story. The Star wars rip off story has been extremely boring and pedantic. People say it gets better as you progress, well not yet. The final quests of the first part of the game were so tiresome and over played. Doing multiple dungeons, multiple bosses, beat boss, boss gets back up, beat boss, boss gets back up..rinse repeat....ugh wake me up when its over. Seriously, there should have been a warning about the game taking 2-3 hours of your time uninterrupted once you get to the run up to the ultimate weapon. By the time I finished, the game simply wasn't fun. All I wanted to do was get done with it so I could get back to my goals.

Lastly, if reading posts about people who don't feel the same way about the game as you do triggers you, I would suggest a skip or quit the forum, it may be too much for you to handle.

Nobody was complaining at you mate.

You seem to have gone completely insane imagining something that wasn't happening here.

This leads me to believe your only intention was to come in with that little spiel anyway.

If you aren't trolling, then I do see particularly irony in your last paragraph...

You also seemed to make up lies there. The last part leasing up to ultima doesn't require 2 hours uninterrupted. It's split into 3 different dungeons and you can take breaks between them...

Ah well.

[Skor]

If you are in a rush to get through the story at this point I would suggest a skip or quit the game. You have an absolute massive amount of phenomenal story ahead but it may be to much for you to handle.

First of all. I'm trying to get access to the areas to do provision turn ins for GC for seals. I would also like to get mats for crafting as I really enjoy gathering and crafting.

Second of all, I'm sorry but the story line in this game is garbage. I like the game well enough but I see so many fanbois foaming at the mouth over the story. The Star wars rip off story has been extremely boring and pedantic. People say it gets better as you progress, well not yet. The final quests of the first part of the game were so tiresome and over played. Doing multiple dungeons, multiple bosses, beat boss, boss gets back up, beat boss, boss gets back up..rinse repeat....ugh wake me up when its over. Seriously, there should have been a warning about the game taking 2-3 hours of your time uninterrupted once you get to the run up to the ultimate weapon. By the time I finished, the game simply wasn't fun. All I wanted to do was get done with it so I could get back to my goals.

Lastly, if reading posts about people who don't feel the same way about the game as you do triggers you, I would suggest a skip or quit the forum, it may be too much for you to handle.

[Skor]

2.0 (ARR) takes you through 1-50.
2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5 are ARR patches so they don't give much experience. They were released when level 50 was the maximum level.

3.0 (Heavensward) takes you through 50-60.
3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 and 3.5 are Heavensward patches so they don't give much experience. They were released when level 60 was the maximum level.

4.0 (Stormblood) takes you through 60-70.
4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 and 4.5 are Stormblood patches so they don't give much experience. They were released when level 70 was the maximum level.

5.0 (Shadowbringers) takes you through 70-80.
5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5 are Shadowbringers patches so they don't give much experience. They were released when level 80 was the maximum level.

6.0 (Endwalker) takes you through 80-90.
6.1 and 6.2 are Endwalker patches.

All of these expansions and their patches are one giant, never-ending story. Many of the sidequests give additional context to the story, especially the blue ones which unlock things, but aren't required to enjoy and understand the story.

If you over-level, it doesn't matter. The only level that matters is the level of the Main Story Quest, because that blocks access to new areas and its content. The level of your class is only relevant if it's below the level of this quest.

You can try to optimize it by leveling secondary classes by switching weapon, but trying to min-max it that way is not fun in my opinion. When you want to level other classes, you can do it easily and casually by doing daily roulettes.

I only do the blue quests and the MSQs aside from tribals. I'm leaving all the side quests in case I want to level other jobs. I haven't even looked at roulettes yet.