it took me about 80 hours from the very beginning of 2.0 to get into Ishgard 3.0

I skipped all story scenes (for the most part) and played as a GLD/PLD for faster queues for dungeons and other things and a few FATEs to help with leveling.

Overall, 80 hours isn't terrible but yea at times it's a real drudge no doubt about it.