Quote Originally Posted by LaylaTsarra View Post
There are 3 different level skips for different prices. It's pretty easy to skip the story you don't want to do or skip all of it to SHB. A level skip isn't really needed and you can certainly help them level to 70 there are lots of options in game as I'm sure you must know where you can level together. I seriously doubt you'll ever get an optional free story skip for this game. It's simply not going to happen.
Nor should it. It's a major part of the game, and the people most whining about wanting to skip it are the same people refusing to acknowledge that the option to skip IS THERE, They just have to pay for it. Why should other players have to suffer a reduced experience through what some are suggesting regular trimming, losing out on the same story that players who happened to start earlier got--all because of the people who can't be bothered to actually play through the game? And don't even get me started on the "story is the weakest part of the game" argument. That's a personal opinion--objectively speaking, FFXIV has some of the better storytelling of any mmo, and Shadowbringers is among the best. It's not lauded with accolades for nothing.