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

[Reinha]

. . . I have never given actual books or movies as much time to see if I liked them before shutting it off or CHOOSING to not purchase said book. . . .

You can not say that an MMORPG player does not have a right, nor should they not have a right to CHOOSE what they want to do and how they want to play a game they are paying for. If they like every other aspect of this game EXCEPT the minor small scale MSQ then we should be allowed to skip it and continue to level how WE see fit. If you do not allow us to do so then you are choosing the story huggers over MMORPG players who join this game for the MMORPG aspect no the Final Fantasy story aspect and that is wrong thinking and SE should have just made this game single player.

A game company can make the game however they like and you as a customer have every right take it or leave it. No one is forcing you to pay for this particular MMO if the Final Fantasy story doesn't appeal to you. You said it yourself with your book example. The only time I will suggest a player that they leave an MMO is when they are unhappy and with some aspect that has always been there. MSQ has gated things since level 1, so this is one of those times. If it's too different from other MMOs then go play other MMOs that you think did it right. If you "like every other aspect of this game EXCEPT the minor small scale MSQ" then just get the minor small scale thing over with and enjoy the rest of the game.

There is no formal rules about how to make an MMO and it's super arrogant of you to say that SE did it wrong just because they didn't cater to your wishes. Their playerbase is growing and that can't be said for many MMOs on the market. Thinking in the way of "it should be either a single player game or a mainstream MMO and not something in between" is very black and white.