What is with the assumption that new players are automatically dumb and unable to learn anything unless they grind through hundreds of story quests which offer no guidance on how to even play?

Sure when I first played aMMO over a decade ago I was young and stupid. When I joined in ARR I was far from bad from the start and picked up everything quickly.

If someone was sold on the content coming in SB then realize they have to spend a month slogging through msq to reach what was advertised, they might not stay around. Also I don't see a majority of "bad" players willing to pay double the game price for the boosts from the get go. I guess it will be more popular with veteran players coming from other games.