Quote Originally Posted by Varretha View Post
My question is - was this normal before the squish, or is this something that got broken when the squish happened?
It's likely that dungeon exp was taken into account when it comes to gaining enough exp to reach the next step in the MSQ.
You mentioned doing the dungeons synced, but also not receiving exp from them. I'm assuming you mean unsynced? If you've been doing them unsynced, that would be 2-3 dungeons worth of exp that you'd be missing out on (depending on if you've bothered with the lvl 51 dungeon, since it's not part of the MSQ).

As an added note, since you've mentioned exp buffs. Buffs like food, or Menphina's Earrings, only apply to exp gained from kills (or crafting an item/gathering materials from a node). It doesn't affect exp gained from quests. Unfortunately, the game is very vague about this, by simply listing it as "Increases EXP earned by x%", or "EXP Bonus: +x%".