Quote Originally Posted by Tiggy View Post

You seem to forget that there is a huge part of the player base that wants it that way and would argue just as vehemently for it as you are for a story mode. Square has to make the game fulfilling for both sides and the balance struck is to make the current top end content restricted in this way. It puts it out of reach for a very short time for the "hard core" to go at it, and then puts it in the hands of everyone else for full on consumption. Everyone gets access to the fights eventually, and the hardcore get their time in the sun. If there wasn't a end-game in this style this game would be dead already. The past is littered with MMO's that didn't have a fulfilling end game. What you ask for would in a very literal way hurt this game and it's future.
This opinion is well stated and resonates much more than "get better", "just uninstall" and "mad cause bad". Thank you, sir or madame.