Quote Originally Posted by TarynH View Post
Yes, the OP cited 60. But look at their other post(s). They mentioned people watching their streams, and wanting to be able to join them in end-game content immediately. This implies skipping even the HW story. They even mentioned side quests being boring. So why not skip those? Where does it end? They'll obviously want to skip 4.0 story as well.

Skipping the story is only one side of it. They in essence want to skip the entirety of the gating process. In other words, they feel entitled to the "end" of the game from day one, though they have done nothing to earn it. They think buying an "expansion" entitles them to all previous content as well.

Three years from now, this system would be abused. You give someone an inch, they will want a mile. And that's not even mentioning RMT. You think they won't pay-to-win?
And? If they want to skip all the way to Stormblood, and probably pay an extra $40-50 doing so. I don't care. It doesn't effect me. Those types of players either won't stay subbed regardless or won't even play the game without a MSQ skip option. They're essentially free money for Square. Now skipping Stormblood? No. That is the new game. They have to do that like the rest of us since it's currently relevant. A Realm Reborn and Heavenward? If they want to skip one or both and just jump right into Stormblood. Go right ahead.

They don't necessarily feel entitled. They just don't care about the story or old content. I'll cite my friend again. She's never touched an extreme primal fight. Not one of them. She hasn't even unlocked all the dungeons yet she logs in every day to roleplay. That's what she finds fun. She skips all the story and only does stuff if she absolutely has to. She'll finish Heavensward just to access Stormblood then go back to ignoring all the dungeons and crap again.

You're jumping to conclusions here. Even in your scenario, none of it would be P2W because you actually have to learn fights to beat them. Leveling is just busy work. I could go into The Creator right now in only ilvl 240 gear and beat it if I were good enough. Jumping levels wouldn't make me good though. I'd need to practice the fight and/or watch guides. Nonetheless, there is nothing to abuse since it would only jump people to Stormblood. If they want to go further than that, too bad. Wanting to skip old content doesn't mean most want to skip everything. They just don't want to have to run around doing 300+ quests-- many of which will be four years old as of Stormblood's release.