I have been playing since early January and I'm at lvl46 at the moment. I plan on getting to 50 by the end of the week. All those endgame guides seem to indicate I have a lot of grind and story to go through before I'm done with the ARR story. At this rate, am I going to be able to finish by the time Heavensward early access opens?

Also, I'm confused on how to get new accessories. I previously just equipped the ones with the highest ilevel but someone in a dungeon told me to equip the ones that increase strength and vitality. However, these ones all all pretty low level and none of the npcs sell accessories.