Quote Originally Posted by FoxyAreku View Post
If you consider playing through the plot of this game to be that much of a chore, then I really think this game just isn't for you as I stated above. Either buy a skip potion or play one of the other dozen MMOs that actually are endgame focused.

Though I do think that all the filler pre-heavensward should be trimmed down quite a lot, and it is a shame that all the forum crying over the years has caused so many nerfs, there's not much to be done about it, and if you jumped straight over heavensward or stormblood you'd miss a ton of character introductions and context so it would actually hurt the experience for people who care about the plot and would hurt what the developers want the player to experience.

You really aren't missing much by having to play through the story anyway, everything important that content offers like the classes and races will be available without having to actually be at that level just like before, why people want to skip over everything so they can sit at max with nothing to do like I have been for months is beyond me.
If I may ask how does having the MSQ be optional impact you negatively?