Making the case for a new starting point in 7.0

[aveyond-dreams]

I love how you ignore how all of the Scions Shb arcs had a conclusion. Thancred with coming to terms with Minfillia and Ryne, Urianger with him trying to do whats best for everyone, Alphinaud's entire character growth, and G'raha Tia finally being able to let go of his burden and to live out his dream with adventuring with the WoL. There was never the need for them to carry all that ShB baggage going into Endwalker because they all had their conclusions prior to it. Also I really dont care if you like to criticize certain characters, I for one share some of your criticisms, especially regarding Y'shtola but Im not going to just ignore the stuff that worked with her and all the other characters that still keeps them relevant. This story is an on going narrative, and whatever story comes in 6.1-6.5 we'll just have to wait and see how potentially accessible it'll be for new players to just skip everything prior and jump into 7.0

I quite literally stated earlier that their arcs had ended and that their continued presence serves no further purpose. They have finished growing and are now stagnant. Please reread the above posts. You cannot expect people to sit through a story in which the characters cease developing in the way that the Scions have currently. Either something exciting happens with them, or it's time for new cast members. In any case only time will tell what buildup we will see in the coming patches, anything is possible these days.

So we would end up ignoring the fact the we have already made contact with Dalmascan resistance forces and our name would be known to them for all of our effort in the Ivalice raid series?

The Ivalician raid series is optional content. For reasons that are obvious to most they are likely to remain so. Forcing new players to complete these raids to gain access to an Ivalice-expansion would prove to be an unmitigated disaster unless the raids were nerfed to the level of current Crystal Tower raids. However, the point remains. There is little lost in an extra line explaining who Lente's Tears are and a brief exposition of the Dalmascan Resistance, whose presence was barely felt in the raid series or in Bozja. They do not carry enough relevance.