Quests hell

[FinaSel]

I wish there was an alternative way to get to Ishgard without having to do the main quests.

The only reason for this is that I put most of my focus on crafting and gathering. (I only have one job that is not crafting / gathering. EDIT: I only have summoner and arcanist for cross-class abilities.) I wanted to go to Ishgard to get new gathering items to craft new things, but then I found out I needed to complete ARR main story first! I was so far behind and it took about 2 weeks to get there. I've been 60 for maybe 2 months now and I still haven't finished Heavensward main quests. (Just got what was needed to unlock all crafting / gathering stuff.)

Unfortunately, getting there is integrated into the main story.

Don't get me wrong, I love the story in this game and watch all the cutscenes and read everything. But I was super bummed out when I found out I couldn't get continue gathering and crafting until I completed the main quest.