I just picked up FF14 for the first time maybe a little over a month ago. Going from 1-5 with never playing the game was the easy part. Once I hit 50 though I was still on like level 40 of the MQ. Lvl 54 Bard now and I am just into the 2.2 MQ storyline with 70+ quests to go before I even reach HS quest line

I have really enjoyed my time playing, and getting 1 job to 50 wasnt that bad of a grind if at all a grind. And things slowly unlocking for me has been great and have not felt overwhelmed. But there is a lot, maybe TOO much, small back and forth, rinse repeat, in the MQ right now. I understand the cap was 50 so they had to draw it out but it does suck for new players that want to join a FC when they hit 50 and still have a shit ton to do in just the MQ before they can enjoy the current end content.

I want to get to Ishgard so bad but knowing I have about 70-75 quests before that quest is a bummer. I will be close to 60, maybe even 60, by the time I get to it haha