Quote Originally Posted by Bourne_Endeavor View Post
Or they recognize in a game where we're considering climbing up, requiring new players to slug through a massive amount of quests will only further deter them. This will only become a bigger hurdle as the game grows. People want to play with their friends not do an occasional dungeon or two than spend the next 10 hours on their own again. SE likely wants to get this out of the way early.
They can still play with there friends! It makes no sense what so ever to allow someone into content where they don't belong because they have friends waiting. They will get to it when they get to it.