Admittedly a much smaller scale, but they made it work with all the players who didn't complete 1.0.

I think it could work. The Hydaelyn/Zodiark story is pretty much done with (I'm sure the 4 outstanding Convocation members will show up at some point). They can start a new story with 7.0 and just adjust dialog like they did with the 1.0 WOL for all the people who aren't the 1.0 WOL.

I do question 6.1 as a starting point though. I did enjoy 6.x's story, but even though it's not something major to the story, I feel like Zero's backstory as Zeno's familiar will be tough to explain.


In the end, there will be many, many people urging players to complete the MSQ from the start. At the same time, every expansion makes it a bit tougher sell to say "Hey, try out this game. There's a few hundred hours of MSQ to get caught up with!"