Struggling with intro - what level does the game change?

[Mashugana]

Thank you! Just knowing I can skip some quests without missing the story is huge. I'll focus on the main story and important quests and see if it moves faster

Thanks all!

[Daniolaut]

You dont have to do quests at all if youre getting sick of them.

Why would you want to do quests if you're tired of them? If you want to go roam and fight, go roam and fight. The only restriction to roaming is if you started in Limsa, which according to your data, you started in Ul'dah, as a Thaumaturge which later becomes black mage.

Basically at level 15 you unlock airships so you can travel between all starter cities.

Best advice is do not do every single quest you see. Especially if youre getting sick of them and youre not even level 30.

Go out and have fun, if youre doing something that isnt fun, change it up. There is an insane amount of content, duties, ways to level, FATEs, challenge log (level 15) the list goes on. Dont bottle neck yourself and get burned out before you even get started.

View Raldo's post, those are the only important quests. the rest are all optional.

[Frizze]

Thank you! Just knowing I can skip some quests without missing the story is huge.

Skip away. The non-highlighted side quests are essentially filler. They fill in little bits of exp here and there, and they fill in little bits of lore here and there. If you find yourself someplace interesting and want to know a little more about the area and people then you can get little details from some of the side quests. None of that will really effect the main story being told, and you can always fill in those gaps later(such as leveling up a second or third class). The main story will contain all the information you need to understand whats going on, and the main action will revolve around it. If you think of it like a book, right now youre the new adventurer who just arrived in town. The first 15 levels of story(a chapter or two of the book of you) have you rise in local prominence, introduce a few important NPCs and themes, and finally get pulled into some of the greater goings on of the world. As you prove yourself capable more dangerous and more important tasks will be put before you, and if you continue to succeed then in time you could grow to become a great hero that people the world over sing the praises of. But no one starts out as a world-renowned savior, they have to work their way up to that.