7th Astral is a mess

[Stepjam]

So for new players they have to grind through ARR,HW,and SB plus HW/ARR post content just to try out the new jobs? I feel 50 is the perfect starting point since players that just finished ARR can enjoy their jobs sooner than at the tail end of 2 expansions.

I think the reason they don't start lower is so that the grind to get a new class up to speed isn't TOO long. Squeenix may not want you immediately entering new content with new classes, but they don't want to make you spend like 20+ hours leveling a class to get there either. Starting at 50 would be 30 levels of grinding to hit the starting level for 6.0