Quote Originally Posted by Ninja-Mage View Post
This really wasn't a surprise from the dev team - they told us like 2 months ago we needed to beat the main scenario in order to proceed.
More like 5-6 months ago... But you're completely right. The whiners get no sympathy from me. As everyone stated, SE was very forthcoming regarding the pre-requisites to enter Ishgard. It's an excellent story with sublime writing and they just want people to appreciate it. Don't wanna, skip cutscenes. Also, if playing a video game, in any way is "torture and not fun" you need to re-evaluate your hobby..

You want to get into the new areas, get bonus trinkets and get a lvl 90 character handed to you? Go play WoW.