Quote Originally Posted by Samcaesar View Post

People want to play FFXIV and they want to craft in it, maybe all their friends are going through combat stuff and they've chosen to be the FC crafter for everyone, why punish them for that?
I have to disagree that having the MSQ prerequisite is a punishment. The game is not focused around DoL/DoH content. It's focused around battle content. That is where the meat of the game lies. If you wish to focus on side content, then you have to accept the setbacks of that decision. This is one of them.

Also, we're only allowed into Ishgard because we have rapport with Aymeric and Haurchefant. Otherwise, the xenophobic Ishgard wouldn't open their gates to us.