What needs to happen is on akin to what SWTOR did. The main story quest will easily get you from 1 to 50 without having to do ANY side quests. It\\'s quick, there aren\\'t many fetch quests and you just get it done. That is what ffxiv needs to do. Get people through to Ishgard asap and leave the side quests for your alts because you are really going to need them. I came back to ffxiv not knowing that I had to go through the process of all of 1.0 (although I did a lot before I left) and it was frustrating to me and some friends who decided even after buying it to not play. I just put my head down and slogged through it even though all I wanted was to be a machinist (stupid me).