Quote Originally Posted by Brightamethyst View Post
You still won't be able to actually do anything with those levels though. Without the story you'll be stuck in old zones forever. You can't even access any of the level 80-90 zones without doing at least some of the MSQ.

I suppose there's technically nothing stopping you from spending a million hours solo grinding your way to 90 on Tempest FATEs or whatever, but for the life of me I can't imagine why anyone would want to do that.
I started doing the MSQ that took me to some beachside town, where I'm fighting some level 80 giant turtles along the beach.

It's not that I don't want to do any of the MSQ, but not really for the story, just as a means to an end as you've all mentioned... and at least nowadays, if I understand correctly, I can do the "forced grouping" parts with NPCs who won't be a$$ hats towards me even if a wipe is my fault, lol.