Quote Originally Posted by Windklinge View Post
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Sorry, but it's unlikely Square would let new players skip content entirely. The farthest they've gone is easing old content via mechanics nerf or echo buffs. Skipping story content would put new players in the dark because now they have no idea what's going on; 2.4 revealed some interesting info regarding primals and 2.5 unleashed a major bombshell. Skip that and you might as well just ignore the entire story completely and play only for the shiny toys.