Possible level/story jumps....really?

[Nominous]

Except expansions are not a new game they are just expanding a already existing game, now if the game been out for 10 years and has like 5 expansions but XIV only been our for 3 years with barely any information known about 3rd expansion.

Yes, I'm aware of what an expansion is. Joe Schmoe that saw a sick trailer for FFXIV Stormblood might not, though. When they go into the store, brought in by specific Stormblood marketing/content, and they see a new copy of Stormblood, they (likely) want to play what they saw in the trailer/marketing. What they see on the back of the box after browsing around. What their friends are telling them about, or they see on streams.

If the store associate is knowledgeable like me, they tell them that they will need to buy 2 other FFXIV expansions first. They'll also tell them that (if things stay as they are) they'll need to go through those 2 games to get to that content they saw in the trailer, and requires 15 dollars a month, and that person's already 4 feet out of the door by that point. At least in my experience, where people occasionally laugh when I say that it's 40 extra dollars to access every piece of content on top of their 50-60 dollar purchase. That's not even considering the time investment.

Now maybe I spoke in absolutes a bit much. Not everyone is bothered by that, and some even welcome hundreds of hours to get to new content. And this certainly doesn't factor in the piece of the pie that involves returning players, who also (likely) don't care about the grind so much. But I do believe that if they implement this, their reasoning probably involves getting new players to relevant, non-vacant content as quick as possible.

And even still, there's no good reason to deny new/returning players the option for a Jump Potion. That is, unless you're of the opinion that leveling is some rite of passage that you don't want others to bypass because somehow it hurts your experience.