Main Scenario Restriction Bloodstorm - Very Very Bad idea.

[TarynH]

It's possibly from here on towards 4.0 all given stories are isolated within themselves. We may very well meet this girl, or other key figures but any plots running may exist to provide structure to the lore and only once the story for 4.0 begins does the actual plot start moving. Basically, good to have as it might flesh out characters and settings, but not 100% necessary to follow the story at the start of Stormblood.

I've always felt that the MSQ would branch out after we leave Eorzea. Like everything that involves Eorzea would be self-contained, ending with Ala Mhigo and the Garlean Empire in Stormblood. Then a different story would begin (5.0 would be the start of a new self-contained story on a new continent). At least, that's how I imagine it happening.

The thing they can do, however, is not gating the jobs behind the new areas. In HW, no job is really tied to the story or to Ishgard itself...

I've always felt the gating of jobs was a mistake. Someone might have enjoyed the story far better if they'd been able to play DRK, for instance.