Quote Originally Posted by DBriggs304 View Post
If they did that, then the devs would have to start designing the game without the MSQ as a factor. That's the entire point of this game. If it's like a skip after a one time play through, then I could see that being cool. If it's to skip the MSQ entirely, then peeps are playing the wrong game.
No? They can absolutely keep the game MSQ-centric while allowing players to skip it would they wish to, it could literally function like the other skips work, I really fail to see how people having a choice to forego the story and have everything gated behind the MSQ unlocked right away would affect people who do not wish to skip it.

I'd LOVE to be able to skip the MSQ and I'm ready to bet I'm playing the game a lot more and partaking in a wider breadth of content than the people adamant about it needing to remain mandatory. The MSQ is not the whole game, very, very far from it. It gives a meaning to content, but if the content is fun in the first place, a meaning isn't a necessity, it's just a plus. I want to skip the MSQ, but that doesn't make XIV a game that isn't for me, far from it.