There is a lot going in your thread, but I'll address a few points.

-New jobs being gated behind non-expansion completion was known about at least a month in advance. If you really checked out the game more closely or asked around you could have found that out beforehand.

-Skipping cutscenes is your choice. Final Fantasy itself as a series has its roots deeply based in storyline/lore. If you choose not to immerse yourself in it that is your choice. As someone who watches them all and reads every line, I can tell you that some of it is boring as you say, but some of it is quite awesome too.

-Not liking Minfilia & Alphinaud is a fair point. Most people don't like them. All I can tell you without spoiling anything is that if you finally make it to expansion content, Alphinaud improves a lot.

-I think you are mistaken on the ilvl requirements?? Do you mean character level, or item level? For most of the starting game (levels 1-49) item level requirements is quite lax. It's not until character Level 50 that the item level requirement ramps up... Trust me when I tell you at this point that you'll really need it. Minimum ilvl requirements are FAR below what is recommended. People can overgear some content and still struggle on it. There is a large number of places to find gear (even NPCs have decent usable gear in the 40s pre-expansion). Maybe you just didn't know about them?

-Do you know about trading in Tomes for items in Mor Dhona? They just stopped using Soldiery Tomes already and the smallest currency Poetic Tomes can be traded in for some pretty high ilvl gear (i120 to be exact, which is a huge jump from any pre-character-level-50 gear). You can start buying these right away for free* (*no gil involved) once you hit Level 50. Just one or two pieces makes your ilvl jump leaps and bounds.

-Heavensward being designed for veteran players and not new players is a fair point. I always wondered why they didn't add any new content for lower level people. Pretty much all new content that has come out since the game was released 2 years ago has always focused on endgame/maxlevel players.

-Finally, you can edit your post to bypass the character limit, eliminating the need for multi-posting.