Quote Originally Posted by FeliAiko View Post
It's still a side story though, albeit one that's likely to be referenced at some point during the MSQ. Seems like the idea is from Patch launch you can go straight to unlocking the Story and Extreme modes of the fight, rather than directly weaving the former into the MSQ plotline, then gating the latter behind the current MSQ completion, like with previous Primals.
See, I don't see this at all. I see it as them doing the 2.X HM primals again. Originally, Ifrit/Titan/Garuda HM weren't required, but were eventually necessary to progress in 2.X.

That's almost certainly what's going on here. It won't be required as of now, but will be later. That's why I'm considering it MSQ.