A thought on solving the content gating issue. Long read, pls bare with me.

[Atrayl]

The denial in this thread is strong.

SE loses subs due to story gating.
SE would not lose subs if the story was optional.

[Dererk]

I don't know how other servers are right now but iv yet to recive hear or read a single rmt Bot tell since the expansion dropped and you want to remove what's probably keeping them out of the expansion?

No.

The kind of people we want on this community is not people who will do things the easy way but will go the hard route so if it's really stopping some from joining well their not the kind of people we want on here.

I'm not trying to be mean but that's just how I see it if their only interested in doing the expansion content I doubt they will stick for long if they just skipped everything else.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

The denial in this thread is strong.

SE loses subs due to story gating.
SE would not lose subs if the story was optional.

Right, there was such a mass exodus! We had so many people left that the expansion did terribly!

[Atrayl]

Right, there was such a mass exodus! We had so many people left that the expansion did terribly!

"C'mon guys, we're not losing that many subscriptions for absolutely no reason!"

[ThanMazus]

Did we really need another thread on this... was a 48 page one not enough?

Well, you wanted to end the discussion in the 48 page thread, so here's another one for you to derail with your knowyourmeme links!

[Reinha]

The denial in this thread is strong.

SE loses subs due to story gating.
SE would not lose subs if the story was optional.

[citation needed]

If you think we're all in denial, why don't you share with us the source you base those claims on? :^)

[Tiqa]

I'd like to see those sources too, as I can't link "many subscriptions lost" with "server so much full that I can't log in without queuing"

The issue isn't one, FF14 is a focused on scenario mmo, if you don't like it, don't play it >_>

[Sylve]

Being told you did something isn't nearly the same as experiencing it for yourself.

Sure, you can argue that you can just go back and do it, but it loses context.
people can just suck it up and do the Main Story. Hell, skip all the dialogue if you're in THAT much of a hurry.

I guess what I'm trying to say is ... Suck it up and do the story.
I do NOT want to see XIV take WoWs route where the game is so jumbled around with broken timelines that it no longer makes sense, even for the people that were there from the beginning.

[Whiteroom]

The denial in this thread is strong.

SE loses subs due to story gating.
SE would not lose subs if the story was optional.

Source please? I wonder what the cost of revamping the storyline vs. subs lost would be. Also, story based game... difficult concept, I know.

[Arrelaine]

I'm just disappointed they locked the new classes behind Ishgard. It would be nice to get to level 30, grab one of the new classes, and go through the MSQ with it.