Quote Originally Posted by Keridwyn View Post
If you want to skip content in any MMO on the market you pay for it. No matter what that content is.
... is that so? Thousands of people completely skip crafting, gathering or raiding, both 8 and 24 man. Same for chocobo breeding and racing. PvP, too, PotD as well. Same goes for treasure maps and aquapolis. That applies to the Hunt, too and stuff like the Diadem as well. Not everyone plays more than one job either and a lot of people skip sidequests such as the relic or Hildibrandt.

Fact of the matter is you can skip most content in this game and in others. You just can't skip the MSQ, because all other content depends on it to various degrees.

I mean, I agree that allowing people to skip it for free is a terrible business decision - a good business decision is to artificially bloat it as much as you can and sell the potion as solution. Just like a good business decision is to bloat item lists and sell inventory space. Or to throw stones into windows at night and sell glazing services at day. Or to sell mines to one side of an armed conflict and minesweeping services to the other. But that's business.