While generally I am against this type of potion, I was a little upset that I couldn't get to Ishgard without completing ARR first.

I really consider my "main jobs" to be crafting and gathering, and I spend a lot more doing that than dungeons or fighting. The only reason I do Roulettes now is to get Esoterics for crafting items.

When all my crafting and gathering jobs hit 50 (before my main WHM even did), I wanted to continue to raise the level. I think I got them all 52 before it was getting tough. I wanted to go to make new items, which required gathering new ingredients, which meant...going to Ishgard.

I was so behind in story quests it took me 2 weeks to finally get there.

I actually really enjoy the story a lot, but I was a little bummed that I couldn't raise my crafting / gathering levels until I raised my WHM level to 50 and finished the main quest.