I'm glad there's some gating a least... Coil is the one part of the game that is difficult and not for everyone. You have a 100 ft brick wall to climb over at T5. If that was removed... You'd just slam into the 200 ft wall of second coil even harder.

I know this as my extremely super casual FC that focuses on community and helping new players has helped a member or two through T5 to get their clear... And now they still have to go back and practice that content to improve their skills before they are ready for second coil...

All that was gained is that they got to see the cutscenes a couple weeks quicker (which can be seen on YouTube) but entry to the next content is still gated by their experience level.