The "road to level 60" buff that's applied is too OP, it doesn't help you get through the MSQ content any faster, it just completely throws your character out of sync with the gear/rewards you get from the MSQ stuff, I think I completed the Seventh Umbral Era quests (Main ARR Story) and clocked out at around lv.55, what I didn't realise it that i'd have to play through all the patch quests added after that up till Heavensward.... I ended up purchasing the jump potion to start HW which I then ended at around lv.64, so 4 levels higher than intended, again I really couldn't be bothered to play the patch quests, so went straight into Stormblood, which towards the end it synced back up with my character level & MSQ level requirements, I hit lv.70 at the lv.69 MSQ line quests, then went off to do my lv.70 SAM Job quest before carrying on with the MSQ, i'm about to do the last MSQ quest later, think it's taken me around 130 hours of game time from scratch to get there, probably could add another 30 hours on top if i'd had to do the added patch content.

It just sucks that to get into the HW & SB content you either have to grind through all the added patch content or pay for the jump potions.