Hey John

I actually understand what you're going through. For me, having come off mmos where all you needed was to ding a certain level and then you'd have near instantaneous access to content of that lvl, playing this game's msq at times left me sour. Personally I find its kind of a double edged blade as sometimesn the story gets real good and I didn't mind and other times, I hated missing out on a roulette just because I hadn't progressed in the story far enough yet.

There is some good news....and it comes after you complete msq. Sorry, I know it's not what you want to hear but unfortunately, the entire game revolves around that. However, once you're done that, you'll find yourself with a very wide open schedule.