Quote Originally Posted by Cassar View Post
Obviously there's no way they would make us do the job quests, but I still think they can include Taynor (and crew) and just assume that everything from the role quests happened regardless on if you did the quests or not. They could do slightly different variations of cutscenes.
I honestly don't like that prospect. It makes it too easy to stumble into spoilers for a sidequest you haven't finished yet, and then you start having lots of weird situations with meeting the same people in multiple ways – and more relevantly, other events happening to people in multiple ways.

I think there are some kinds of characters that can shift seamlessly from side story to MSQ – one that has been hinted at but not yet eventuated is X'rhun Tia of the red mage quests. He would work as an MSQ import because there is no real difference in his situation or personality whether you meet him at level 50 or 90. The difference can be covered with a single line of either "pleased to meet you" or "good to see you again".

There's no similar sweeping over Taynor's situation. If you have not personally gotten involved in Cerigg's quest, Taynor is trapped in the rift until someone gets him out, and if that someone isn't you, then that starts raising messy narrative questions and creates an alternate narrative that is quite different from the canon one.