Question from a New Player.

[Anova]

1) Roughly speaking, ARR quests will take 60 hours from lv.1 to the start of the expansion. Leveling up is a lot faster now thanks to the 50% bonus exp until level 50 and the exp increase in level 51+ dungeons.

2) It depends on your class. As a Marauder and tank however, you will generally have the easiest time. This does not include non-main-story quests like the Crystal Tower raids, Coil of Bahamut raids, or many of the level 50 dungeons. Most waits will be 5 to 10 minutes for each dungeon at most. Dungeons may take anywhere from 40 minutes to 60 minutes to complete. This time can shorten depending on how well geared you and your party are though.

3) story-wise and gameplay-wise, the expansion is quite good. However, it's only valuable if you decide to continue the subscription and play the MMO. There's no reason to buy the expansion if you don't like the game at level 50.