Poll : Should FF14 allow purchasable “leveling potion” ? Please vote!

[Jandor]

If by 2.X you're referring to just the patch quests from 2.1 through 2.55, I'm pretty sure that can already be done in a weekend if you're determined about it. If you mean the entire game from the first level 1 quest up through the end of 2.55, then no, that shouldn't be completable in a weekend. There may be a few really short single player games that can be played that quick if you skip everything optional, but people who opt for MMOs are generally looking for a game they can spend some time on. Too many people are asking to streamline the entire game away.

I am talking about the whole thing, and by determined I do mean determined. Like, you've got a full free weekend and you do pretty much nothing but play FFXIV solidly.

I might be overdoing it or underdoing it there, I'm not sure. It's been a long time since I played the original story from level 1.
I suppose a better phrasing might be streamlined in half or so, if I recall correctly IMHO the MSQ in 2.X does have quite a lot of filler that contributes very little. I think, even ignoring the potentially foreboding length of the MSQ come 4.0, the story would benefit from some trimming and tidying up anyway.

[ADVSS]

2.x and 3.x could be made into a heroes story, at the time of a new player entering the game, if ala migho/garlemald, wherever the story takes us into the expac, they can just have something streamlined. if new jobs are at 30 again, have the old ones accessible as well at that level. No need to put new players in the "past", they can go to the minstrel to relive our experiences- meanwhile we could all have relevant level quests designed to help us level a new job without a week of grinding to begin msq and they can all play with us as well. Seems pretty simple to me, no need for implementation of this thing, its a terrible idea just to get new people to "play with us"

[Naunet]

I picked the option that lets us access jobs and such without having to do the story quest, because... that's a really silly restriction.