MSQ req for DK ?????

[KayoZ]

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Like I said before, its up to the individual whether or not they want to do it. They can always go back and catch up. Its a game, not real life. Thats like SE requiring players to finish Tomb Raider before moving on to 2... or Bioware requiring a completed Mass Effect 2 save in order to play 3. You dont actually NEED to finish those to enjoy the story and any important info is usually explained again for new comers. Hell, anyone who bothers to see the intro movie will pretty much get the gist of it anyway.

For the record, yes, I did do the story on this character and have been waiting. Doesnt change the fact that, IMO, its too big of a requirement for new players or even old players with new characters who just want to get to the new content, having this bottleneck waiting for them wasting their early 50s doing old content and grinding gear.

[Reynhart]

Thats like SE requiring players to finish Tomb Raider before moving on to 2... or Bioware requiring a completed Mass Effect 2 save in order to play 3. You dont actually NEED to finish those to enjoy the story and any important info is usually explained again for new comers. Hell, anyone who bothers to see the intro movie will pretty much get the gist of it anyway.

Or Blizzard to clear Act IV of Diablo 2 before playing Lord Of Destruction, or finish Diablo 3 to play the new act in Reaper Of Souls...
Oh, wait...

[sirDarts]

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You are comparing stand-alone complete games to an expansion.
HW is an expansion, a story-based expansion to a story-based game, you can't play it without owning the original game, and you can't play it without finishing the story to a certain point.
There might be expansions in the future that won't be connected directly via the story and won't require you to finish anything, outside of a given level/iLevel, but HW is not such a thing.

FF games were always highly story-based, and FFXIV is in no way different just because it's an MMO. Areas were always gated by the story, characters were always gated by the story, and jobs were also most of the time (some FF games have jobs bound to characters) gated by the story.
If you don't like that, then FF is not a series suited for you.

Also the content might be old for you, but it's NOT old for new players who have never done it.