My problem with allowing people to story and level skip is that new players won't know what they're actually doing with the job they picked. IF they did give players free story skips, they should require first-timers to do a tutorial. :B

Also, I think it might be an interesting idea if instead of being part of a linear story, maybe future expansions, 7.x and up, should be their own contained stories and areas where maybe we don't solve all the problems in the initial release. One expansion could deal with New Continent, one could deal with Meracydia, one could be on a different shard, etc.