Quote Originally Posted by torakun View Post
Thank you for the reply. My problem is mostly I'm too concerned about my lvl. I want to enjoy the story but I don't want to be gated and have to grind for it. I'd rather grind first then I can enjoy the story till the end. I was thinking getting 1 job to lvl 70 will eliminate that requirement. I can just push through until maybe right before ShB.
Content is only partially gated by level in FFXIV. However, absolutely everything is gated by the MSQ one way or the other.
I don't know what you consider grinding, but as I said doing the MSQ and all sidequests should provide enough XP for leveling all the way up to level 80 - especially if you throw in a few roulettes here and there. I for one do not consider doing non-repeatable quests as grinding.

So just play the game without skipping stuff, and your level will pretty much take care of itself.