Quote Originally Posted by LisSquid View Post
If you have no problem absorbing the story through youtube, then what does it matter if "story mode" is tied to savage? OP and plenty of people love the reward of story as well as loot from difficult encounters, and there's something kinda meh about having to go through the trivial version before unlocking savage.
"Just Youtube the story" - I'm sure SE would love for 80+% of XIV's sub's to unsubscribe to the game to 'just youtube' the story. I mean, why pay $15/month sub to a game that focuses on a personal story (ie We're the main hero of the story, the story revolves around our struggles to save everyone) when you'll not be able to experience said story due to how difficult the fights are to get through to experience said story... might as well just watch it for free via youtube, and never have to worry about $50 expansions or $15/month subs.