Do I have to go beyond a certain point in the main quest to continue with faction main quests? I was working on the minutemen side quests to help settlements thinking it would eventually unlock the next main quest for the faction yet they seem like endless radiant quests as I'm being sent to aid the same settlement more then once and I've done a dozen of these, 2 at a time.

The same thing happened with the BoS where their quest went stagnant after 2-3 quests.

I've only done a couple main quests so far so I assume this is the reason why I can't continue.

You do, it all gets tied in eventually. Can't remember how far into the main quest before it starts with the faction stuff though.

Yes after you um.... beat a certain fort... and hear buzzing of helicopters above you (im trying not to spoil it but it is really hard)

Thanks. I should've known ahead of time that Beth likes to push their main quest on you. If you wanted to be a simple soldier in Skyrims civil war you had to first become the destined Dovahkiin.