We should get exp boost in the game.

[SamRF]

If story is the main appeal of this game, it's a really shitty game imo. Sure, story is good for MMO standards and if you're lucky it can emotionally invest you but it sure as hell isn't the reason why I'm playing this game everytime I do. Sure, I do sometimes return to this game after a break out of curiosity where the story went and that's great for me (someone who's interestes in story), but after the story is done I'm still playing. Do you log in everyday just in anticipation and preperarion of next story patch? No, you do things completely unrelated to story yet standard MMO stuff. Some people are interested in those standard MMO stuff you are putting 90% of your time in and not the story.

Again, I'm sure there are way more people than you think, that don't care about MSQ playing this game right now at endgame, who have skipped everything or have experienced it all but simply don't like it. They're simply not on these forums which makes sense. I think many of them are high-end raiders too.

You might even be better off watching a crappy shounen anime if story is all you care about. The story isn't good on its own, it's gameplay and MMO mechanics that make it worthwhile (imagine putting FFXIV story into a novel or tv-show).

edit: also, consider nobody is arguing for less story or a major overhaul of this game's focus. People who like story, including me, will still have their precious story when there are means for people to skip it more easily. Then they might even be able to take more risks with the plot and don't need the story to be as accessible and cheesy as it is if they're no longer trying to interest EVERYONE (aka crappy but popular shounen anime).