I have not...how about you?

The only real meat of the main plot I did was going to the grey breads and get fully recognized as dragon born. That is all I have done.

I can't seem to get past killing that first dragon. I never did find High Hrothgar, even with my clairvoyance spell. I gave up and chased some butterflies around until I got even more lost.

I avoided it for quite a while, then i went all out and completed it..
however after completing it i have found myself rather bored of my character. I still have lots to do with side quests etc but for some reason i feel bored of it.

I suggest DO NOT COMPLETE. Unless you're planning on starting a new character soon.

mind explaining why exactly you havent started the best mq since mw? I dont get why people avoid quest. just do it, its fun.

Me. I imagine them to be something akin to Cliff Racers and that is a big bag of NO as far as I'm concerned.

dragons are nothing remotely akin to cliff racers haha. dragons do not just swarm you. they only attack unless you engage them.

Dragons are an annoyance, in my opinion..they kill too many npcs as well

Same here. I have five characters. None of them have made it beyond this point.

The graybeards told me to go out and practice my Thuum and learn new words and such, so that is what I was doing, and it seemed like the main quest just disappeared. It was not until I started reading this forum that I realized that the main quest was actually I had always assumed that was a side quest and so far none of my characters really felt like getting involved with that

Best MQ since Morrowind? You forgot Daggerfall

daggerfalls mq was pretty lackluster to me. the political aspects+the interaction with a dwemer of MW makes it the best mq in the series to me.