New Jobs Gated Behind Completion of 2.0 Story?

[Mugiawara]

1: You have to be iLevel 90 to finish the storyline. This requires new players to grind for tomes or gear from dungeons.

2. Inaccessible new zones and new Jobs is not a selling point. That is telling a potential new customer not to bother purchasing the expansion until they finish they 2.55 storyline... which they might not even care about because the Job they want to play will not be available for them until they are item level 90.

3. A continuation of 2. The new customer might not even know of the 2.55 completion requirement, so they'll have wasted their money on something they can't even play.

What's with you and then ilvl90 business? I had to start BLM fresh out the box just yesterday after pumping junk on DRG I wouldn't use much in the end.
Here's how to become ilvl 80 in a few days flat.
1. You get your AF gear, buy some accessories, go roll CT. Get Ilvl 80 gear.
2. Go to ST. Ilvl 100. Hell even between then you can buy some items 100/110/120 from Rowena and co. Do EXP roul. get Acc's/gear for i100.
There you're done. I mean they throw soldiers in your face at this point. Gearing 1 job to i120 is nothing now thanks to the unlocks of WoD.

This where I want to say; You shouldn't be rushing the hell out of this game anyways because the first time around was amazing. It gets quite dry repeating the same stuff
you've been doing for 2-ish years. Enjoy the new game smell while you can. That new content in HW isn't going anywhere. Also, I am sure many people will first read up on an expansion and what it entails and the requirements to unlocks the content.