Info about the Chinese Cash Shop "Level Jumping Potions"

[Stanelis]

If that was true then replaying quests would be much simpler and wouldn't require the reset on progression of all other MSQ quests set after it.



No it doesn't because the people using the Jump Potion are choosing to opt out of the story progression. For them it would be like starting on the 5th chapter of the book. They might get a summary of the earlier 4 chapters but the book would just continue on as if you have already read the first 4. No effect on me since I wouldn't use the Jump Potion.

On the other hand if SE has to go out of their way to Streamline the MSQ as much as possible to allow people to rush through it, or design it so that it doesn't require previous knowledge it will effect me as a player which frankly bothers me a lot more.

Nobody is asking SE to streamline stuff or to change how they are making quests (actually we could discuss this but that's beside the point). They could just make it so, as an option, the first story quest of the new expansions to be accessible before finishing the MSQ from the previous expansion. And to avoid people who d accidentally take that quest before finishing the previous storyline, they could just add a text disclaimer before you take it if you didn't complete the previous MSQ.

Concerning you're first point, I m puzzled because I don't really know what you're talking about. Nobody is asking to replay stuff or whatever (or that's another issue and beside the topic at hand).

There are no problems, only solutions. The only thing making SE "solving" that issue with boosting potion is pure greed and trying to monetize the tedious aspects of FFXIV. But if we learned something from microtransactions in video games, usually trying to get money out of the tedious aspects of a video game doesn't work. The most successful F2P games are always those in which players are happy to spend money on completely neutral or optional stuff on a gameplay standpoint (see league of legends, as an example).