I like having to clear one thing before going on to clear the next, its called progression and I enjoy it.

There are plenty of people who haven't done DH yet and its not really that hard to clear, that plus the fact that we will be able to turn in the drops for GS people are going to be doing it again, I know I will. You don't even need 8 people to enter anymore.

Honestly, if I found out someone wanted to do Aurum Vale but had not yet completed the prereqs I would grab some of my LS mates and spend the entire hour it takes to do it... You can hold me to it if we are on the same server ^^

My LS did the Moogle unlock quest and pop items over and over for others before we even got one single win... There is help out there but I can only speak for my experience.

A good LS can make or break your experience in this game... This is a MMO and you should have to work with others to do some of the content.