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

[Xairos]

1. Many people did it because it was something to do or it gated content.

2. As the OP mentioned, the content you're talking about was released over the period of two years, hence why it was vastly more tolerable.

Try an experiment: drink one beer a night for 30 days and see how it effects you.

Then, drink 30 beers in ONE night and see how it goes.

When you're busy vomiting up your guts later that night, remember that's what people who try to do all of this in a row are feeling.

You are still re-iterating the idea that one has to drink 30 beers in one night. Why now are you rushing to play a game when you could look anywhere (even these forums) to see that there was a requirement. You can even take your own experiences from 2.0 and make an educated guess that there would be requirements.