Those are great content pieces but frontlines requires you to have completed the entirety of the grand company quests right? Which means completing the hunting log, and aurum vale.

I understand the concern about quest gating. A lot of new content + super grindy quest gating means unless you play for 72 hours continuously you don't get to try most of the new stuff.

a lot of things are needlessly complex or gated for no apparent reason. And most of it doesn't have an in-game guide on how to unlock it. Perhaps a large popup of things you unlock and a checklist might help new players. People shouldn't need a google companion to learn how to play the game.