Isle of Mist, Level 22?!

[spacehamsterZH]

Isle of Mist, Level 22?!

I'd appreciate it if someone could answer this for me without spoiling too much if that's possible...

I seem to be close to the end of the story; the Isle of Mist quest is available, and I actually did it yesterday and got to Kaer Morhen, but since that looked like it was the endgame, I went back to an earlier save today, so I haven't gotten past the initial dialogue in the castle with all the allies that show up.

Now what I don't understand is this - the recommended level for Isle of Mist is 22, but I already have sidequests, some rather minor ones like the Skellige boxing one, with a recommended level of 30, and the Skellige armorer sells diagrams for armor with a required level above 30. What's that all about? The only explanations I can think of are

1) "The Battle of Kaer Morhen" actually isn't the endgame yet or

2) The whole idea is that you go back and do this stuff after completing the main story.

Anyone? Preferably without ending spoilers?

 

[gigan2]

Just do the quests if you are already around level 30. The ending of the Main quest isn't close yet.
Hope that wasn't too much spoiler

 

[spacehamsterZH]

The ending of the Main quest isn't close yet.

Well, that answers that, thanks.

 

[Scholdarr.452]

The game will tell you once the game will come close to the finale. Kaer Morhen isn't it. There is still about one third of the main narrative in front of you, so don't worry.