3 weeks, is all they need. I just rebooted my partners account which was bought a few years back to join me. It was never used. Past the initial log in, (he didn't get into the game) and while waiting on shadowbringers I thought I'd see how long it would take to get from 0 to hero. It took me 3 weeks of casual play getting from level 1 to 70 all MSQ done and 5 days of Rathalos hunting to get the mount. 3 weeks basically to get that account sub par to my main. Now it has 2 level 70's.

Your friend has you to help of what to do and where to go and a whole slew of Internet information at their fingertips.

If they're crying about this, maybe this game is not for them ( just like it wasn't for my husband). They've given you a free pass option and there is no real rush to catch up without learning mechanics ( how many of us recently have seen people run away with the stack target because they don't know what it is in recent times).