A serious discussion about abridging the story quest 1-50 (discouraging new players)

[Miya_Carbuncle]

You do realize that 3.0 main story and quests are largely the same inane fetch quest, go to point A to B, talk to npc? The grind is obnoxious obvious when all you want to do is "let me fly" and they put a big HUGE wall of main story and bazillion quests (and you gotta to attune to all the aether crap for each areas). If new players + returning players + your friends and a friend of a friend + everyone else, HATE and DESPISE 2.0-2.55 main story, just wait till they get to 3.0. Might as well quit now, you won't like it and you will absolutely hate the "gated access" to 3.0 content, even when you are in 3.0 as of now.

...I'm only suggesting it because that's old content now and seems unnecessary. Yeesh. I actually enjoy fetch quests to an extant, it's just that new players are going to want to catch up with us which is understandable. MMOs are all about being up-to-date and enjoying the latest content for most people. Not that you should rush through everything, but once again I think at least some of the MSQs should be trimmed down a bit to help. It's quite a lot of stuff to do just to start the new expansion.