This is a direct reply/answer to the OP (aka: a blind post).

I've been playing since the very beginning and with life getting in the way sometimes and having to go through hiatus' for a while, the catching up is nice. I didn't buy the pots because I didn't need them, but my husband did and he was able to catch up to me for Stormblood. Because Paladin has been nerfed, he's also thinking about buying a pot for another main. He can practice his new class in several ways:

- Low level dungeons
- Hall of Novice
- Soloing dungeons
- Class quests (if the Pots don't go through them automatically)
- PoTD
- Trials

I like the quick acess because of all the main scenarios one would have to get through (there are SO many!). Why should any be left out? There's plenty of FC's that will help those who don't want to buy the pots. As for the journey, it's not lost if one buys the Pot-advance. It's all added in the Journal anyway. So nothing is lost.