New Player Experience Sucks! - Impending Expansion Problems

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wow is not the only game, ffxi, the inspiration of this game which predates wow had a robust storyline, that didnt block the majority of content.

the msq has value as you say, but thats for people who want to do it. There is no value, to people who dont want to do it. The game already concedes its not neccessary by story skip and the fact you can manually skip all of it.

You are correct, but only technically. The entire warcraft series predates FFXI. Warcraft becoming WoW was the first biggest hit on the western audience.

People who want to do it ? It's a part of the game. It's integral to how the game works.
Story skip costs money - it is NOT free. It costs money for a reason - to not cheapen the experience of the game itself.
If everyone could skip for free (especially new players) then the game itself who have 0 value.
That argument is null at this point.