How important are quests in this game? I know you get contribution points are some bag slot items but is that as far as it goes? like you could get away doing them at a later time? Played over the weekend and finished all the quests in Velia which took fkin forever now am in the 2nd town and the quests are almost the same and you get no exp for doing them.
If you wanna reach a competitive level you have to ignore quests to some extent, there are more quests in this game than any other MMO I have ever played... Maybe even combined.
I've personally quested hard and reached 126 contribution points but my level has suffered as a result. I've hired a lot of workers and invested my CP into nodes which is making me gold but at this early stage of the game I've found it to be a lot quicker to make both exp and gold by mindless mob grinding.
There are however a few quick daily quests that you should do for easy CP if you find yourself in the area. For example: (Velia)Rescue the cat on the roof, (Heidel Pass)Kill 2 goats, (Heidel Pass)Donate 2 logs, (Heidel)Grab the kite with broken string from the roof, (Heidel)Capture a bothersome rabbit, (Calpheon)Take the pickpocket to the guard... And a few others.