This is the epitome of, "It gets good in 60 hours." It does actually get better, but it's still really hard to recommend to someone. All you have to do is suffer through a full game's worth of mediocre story and terrible fetch quests. Then you'll finally be in Heavensward! It's a hard sell.

If you're willing to put up with incredibly tedious experiences though, you'll eventually be rewarded with a great story.