Quote Originally Posted by Dante_V View Post
I don't mind it at all and honestly this question IMO is the same as "can I play the expansion without the original game?" No you cannot. I personally don't know of any final fantasy game where the entire bulk of content was open from the start and I don't understand why this needs to be any different. You may disagree and that's fine but it seems practical and I like the way it's setup.
It comes down to pacing and story flow. I think the level 50 stuff, if left how it is, will make a bottleneck that does not flow well into the new expansion. I'm all for the story quest, but it just has to much at level 50. 1.4% of story quests on average every level until 49 and then 30% of the story at level 50 does not flow well into level 51 content. That is my issue.