Main Scenario Restriction Bloodstorm - Very Very Bad idea.

[Reynhart]

Why are all those things allowed to be optional, but MSQ isn't? Are their story less worth it? Are they less important to learn the game? Are they in any way less important?

I really feel like repeating myself over and over there...Why are they optionnal ? Because they're too challenging to force everyone to do them. Would you complain that doing the MSQ is too...challenging ?

And you're still taking it backwards. It's not that "those stories are optionnal duties so the game is not story based", but that "even optionnal duties have stories attached to them because the game put emphasis on stories". In a not-story based game, those duties would simply be "Go there, crawl".

Usually in FF games it's 75% mandatory and only max. 25% optional story content.

Yes...if you haven't played any FF after IX...did you try X with the training camp ? XII with the Hunts ? XIII and XIII-2 with the achievements ?

People are flipping their heads over a simple option when it isn't hurting the game, if anything its actually helping.

No, it fact, it is hurting the game. If you give options to skip a whole bunch of content, the Dev-Team won't make the same efforts to design them with lore and stories. And you'll have more and more complains about the lack of content. When a game is young, having little content is understandable. But, if a new player comes on the 4th expansion, and burn anything relevant in a month, of course he'll be pissed by having nothing else to do than dumb grinding. We've said before that the MSQ is relevant on itself, that first time run in dungeons are relevant. Adding a skip potion is an official way of saying "No, it is not relevant anymore".

In fact, it's like adding powerful items in the cash-shop. It would only be an option for some people, after all, and wouldn't change what you like in the game. But you bet it would destroy the community and the game.