Quote Originally Posted by Tommara View Post
Edited Note: To be absolutely clear, those 80-ish level 50 quests are a good thing. The fact that they are labeled MSQ and hence mandatory, is not.
The thing is, these quests are *part* of the main storyline. ALL post-expac quests are part of the main storyline. They continue the story of the expansion, and the only reason they're called Post-MSQ quests is because theyre inserted after the expac is released, rather than at the same time.

What would end up happening is you'd start teleported from Ul'Dah to ishgard, with no prior knowledge of *why* you're there, no way to know why you're persona non grata, until you figured out "oh, these *side quests* explain that?"

side quests are optional content because you don't need to know that information in order to enjoy the story as is.

Can you even give a list of the quests you *wouldn't* remove?