Can I progress in storyline without doing dungeons?

[Ecosmith]

I'm still only lvl 20, and so far I've had no trouble getting into the forced grouping dungeons the storyline has made me do. They were all completed in about an hour or less, too, so they weren't too bad. The duty finder seems to work well at least at this early stage.

If that 90% stat is true then I'll probably just keep going until I've hot no more other quests to do and move on.

[ColorOfSakura]

I'm still only lvl 20, and so far I've had no trouble getting into the forced grouping dungeons the storyline has made me do. They were all completed in about an hour or less, too, so they weren't too bad. The duty finder seems to work well at least at this early stage.

I would like to point out that you're a tanking class and tanking classes get almost instant queues throughout all game content because there's a lot less people playing them compared to healers and DPS.

Tanks get the fastest queues, then healers, and DPS are stuck at the bottom of the barrel because of the fact that there's way way more DPS players in the game. DPS queues can take anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour, unless they're queuing with a healer or tank.

As for Axiom's problem: you can buy crafted i70 weapons, armor, and accessories from the Market Boards in the three main City States. Those will help you boost your item level to reach the other content. Considering the highest iLvl for dungeon content in the game (aside from raids and primal fights) is i55, you should be fine. Also, myth grinding can go quick if you simply do roulettes and also join an active Free Company or LinkShell and group up with other players beforehand. Complaining about being forced to do dungeons or other party based content in an MMO is like complaining about water being wet.