Into Ishgard

[MicahZerrshia]

I saved the world from the evil Garleans and their ultimate weapon which would have eventually destroyed Ishgard as well!!! Maybe an optional item called "potion of trust" you give to the guard outside the gate and he lets you in.

I fought at the Battle of Carteneau, saved the realm multiple times, and sat outside that gate trying to get in before the Calamity even struck. And they were still all like "noooo, you cant come in you dirty Highlander"

On the bright side, after you get past the initial 2.0 questline the story gets fairly good and things move a lil faster. There is still a lot in the 2.1-2.55 msq but its more meaty than the 1-50 journey. Should be able to bust through them fairly fast, esp if you have an FC willing to help you with dungeon/primal queues and skip the side quests.

Once you hit the HW quests it slows down again with a bunch of boring, fetch quests and mind numbing running until you get to 60, then the same in Stormblood from 60-70. It's only after you get past the introductory quests in an expac that the quests become less errand boy and more heroic. That's the nature of the FFXIV beast.