Quote Originally Posted by tocsin View Post
its mainly for progression.

The devs have mentioned that we have to finish the main storyline, including the 2.55 trial, to access Ishgard, and also that FCOB completion will be required to access The Alexander raid. so, its in my best interest to keep up.
Alexander is not locked up behind any part of Coil. With the progression argument out of the way, did you really spend millions and millions of gil for something that you could have viewed in youtube? Cause I doubt one could get any feeling of accomplishment out of a sold run.