Quote Originally Posted by Arrius View Post
Which is exactly my point. They do not future-proof such things on the long run, and suddenly players need to perform mandatory extra jumps through hoops since it is in conflict with the Main Story.
So what would the solution be here? Force completion of all side stories from the beginning?

I have no objection to how they handled it. They made it mandatory and the only people who had to backtrack were those who previously skipped it. Players who did side content at the time had no extra demand placed on them; new players now do the quest while it is current content for their personal progress through the game.