Quote Originally Posted by Chewy2nd View Post
FFXIV is very story heavy, it wouldn't make any sense to be able to enter Ishgard before you finish the main story. It's like getting Fallout 3, and expecting to be able to play the Broken Steel expansion without completing the main story.
It wouldn't make sense for you to have a Raen Au Ra in Eorzea without starting at 2.2, yet that's a thing.