Quote Originally Posted by Taika View Post
Why though? Why is only the newest content worth seeing and experiencing while you haven't seen or experienced any of the old one? You don't start a single player game from the last battle either just because your friend started before you and is already there.
This has already been answered elsewhere.

Basically, if you are putting players in an online game, the point is not the same as a single-player. The point is not to experience story content alone for the vast, vast majority of MMO players. Most interaction with others is done at endgame, and you'll have 100+ filler quests between ARR and HW alone before you can even get into the most recent expansion pack of content.

FFXIV is also far too easy in early levels to offer a challenge and everything but the most recent content is now done unsynced. Very few people play video games solely to read quests and look at things.