Quote Originally Posted by Niwashi View Post
This is why I'm holding off on registering HW. I've already bought it (since I wanted the pre-order bonuses and know I'll want the expansion itself eventually), but I'm not going to register it until I'm ready to head to Ishgard. That way I can stay on-level with the content I'm doing and then head into HW as a level 50 as intended.
Register it now. There's no penalty for being overlevelled - you'll be level synced for old content, and there's a lot of experience to get to get to 60.