Quote Originally Posted by Jeeqbit View Post
It's not really wandering around aimlessly. The currents are near quest objectives, so if you press the compass regularly while questing they will be nearby most of the time. If you pickup the sidequests with currents, the main story will probably bring you nearby the quest objectives which are quick and simple as usual. I've done it on many alts and it's not much of a problem.

Skipping them does come with a big consequence though, because when you complete the MSQ you now have to go back and do them for 18 areas. It's a lot less painful to do them while questing, but once they have been skipped it's too late and getting them is grueling.
theres a website with a map of all the currents including the quest-currents. it allowed me to do about 6 zones in 2 hours.