The story feels quite dark so far, I'm just in the Rak'Tika woods atm. I'm level 75 but I'm still on the lvl74 quests at the moment. I'm loving the story and how they've made Minfillia a really likable character (although she's dead to me if she ever utters the phrase 'Pray return to the Waking Sands').
Have you tried the new jobs yet? I've yet to try GBR but I love DNC a lot.
I was shocked at how far they went with her transformation scene, it was horrific.
Have you been doing FATEs much? It's weird to see everyone doing them again now, reminds me of the ARR days when everyone would basically live in Coerthas and North Thanalan as soon as they got to level 30.