Please Allow 50's to Enter Ishgard w/o having completed MSQ

[Velhart]

Raubahn is so the Dark Knight trainer, calling it now (as I have been since I finished 2.#).

Actually about your theory there.

They already stated the Dark Knights are already an established group of fighters who have been in Ishgard for many years. Highly doubtful Raubahn is a trainer especially since if he was close to anything, it would be Warrior, despite him being a Gladiator. DRK's also don't exactly use anger or rage as their power like he does. They simply channel darkness and chaos to overwhelm foes.

Sure, the 2.1-2.55 is techinacally new stuff for those who haven't done it, but it's really not, the expansion is all what's new and shiny. There's the allure of new areas, this time bigger with flying mounts, new enemies and generally things to discover and ton of that stuff has nothing to do with the main story.

If that was the case, I would imagine people in that mindset would go ahead and buy ARR first and finish it before expansion hits. Not really anything stopping them in a general sense. People with MMO knowledge should know anyways you need to do old content in some fashion before you can engage in expansion content.