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

[RichardButte]

Just so you know the MSQ from 1- 50 is the fastest way to level to 50.

We're all perfectly aware of this, yes, which is why making the story optional shouldn't be a big deal because you are still amply rewarded for going through it.

But it should be up to the player to choose what they want to do in the game, be it sidequests, leves, fates or just grinding dungeons with friends.

Yeah I don't get this either.... Trimming the fat in 2.1-2.55 is fine, and making some of those dumb quests optional is good idea. But making the entire 2.0 MSQ optional IS NOT OK. Because the entire 3.0 expansion is all about GATING CONTENT and ACCESS everywhere in the main game.

And we're talking about removing that as well: If a person dings level 58, the level 58 dungeons become available in their DF.

And no, it's not going to break the game if they do this.