I do agree about the housing issue. That is a major problem on all worlds.

However I do feel that one should play the story quests to get to Heavensward. Simply because it makes no sense to skip straight to Heavensward from the start. I do agree the dps checks are a bit much, but people have gotten used to it.

Perhaps some of the main story quests can be combined together to conserve time. All the 2.0 patch story quest are a bit much.