did they scrape the uldah plot?

[Atoli]

I might be incorrect, but I was always under the impression that the stories were basically dropped and then unified into the mess of a storyline so they could rush the game out.

I think so, too.
I know, I know, they will continue the main scenario in 2.0.
But it's going to be the R20+ scenario in Ul'dah, right?
Not the totally interesting storylines of the cities.
We have main story from R20 to R46, and all this time the "saviors of the wood" do nothing; we never return to Limsa to learn more about the Ascian guy, the key, the treasure or fight the sahagins.
We never even try to find out more about the approaching danger the dead father in Ul'dah tried to warn us about.
In all 3 storylines, something big happens, and the only reaction is "Oh, ho..you should visit the Walking Sands. Don't try to figure out what just happened, go play with the Sylphs..and a few Garleans."

I really hope at some point in 2.0 we get more of the original stories back