At this point I wish the devs would outright address the public disbandment of the Scions again either in or out of context given how tiresome its endurance is, to speak nothing of its propensity to derail every discussion with semantics as though the intention wasn't outright textually stated. I'm reminded of the first hour in Sharlayan which included conspicuously straightforward dialogue dedicated to dispelling years-old misconceptions such as having completely closed borders. To the topic at hand, though...

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The "6.1 as a skip point" was raised ages ago and has only just floated up from the depths of the internet this week. I am not aware of it having been newly stated by the devs.

I suspect the whole idea came about before they actually wrote 6.X and/or was not communicated well to the writers, because the story is not suited to the idea.

6.55 would be a better starting point (even for the official paid skip) to properly introduce the important characters for Dawntrail before it kicks off.
This seems to me like the most likely scenario on all accounts; in my opinion spending the entire 6.x development cycle making 98% of MSQ battle content playable solo would be a strange move if the ultimate plan was to just drop new players straight after all of it. Like Enkidoh said, it would also be doing away with a very valuable revenue stream, but with SE's track record it may be unfair to assume that the 6.1 start wouldn't be monetized.

I'm not sure whether or not the article from last week that everyone's buzzing about is new or a republish, but having read it to the best of my ability it's still rather wishy-washy and lacking in specific details, even outright stating that they're unsure if they'd implement such a thing in Dawntrail.