Quote Originally Posted by tdb View Post
You probably mean "most" but since you said "every" I feel compelled to point out that in SW:TOR also you have to play through the story to unlock content. And I bet I could find other examples if I went digging.

In both SW:TOR and FFXIV I picked up the game because of the story and stayed for the MMO. In fact I left SW:TOR largely because of diminishing story updates. If SE stops releasing new story for FFXIV, I'll be out of here too.
I played SW:TOR for a tiny bit (got bored) And I don't remember being forced to go through the story.

No one is saying SE should stop releasing quest/story content or implying that (Atleast I don't see anyone implying that) it's just that the story doesn't have to be forced on you. Plenty of people play mmos without ever paying attention to the lore at all and vise versa. Making a quest mandatory to complete is not going to make some one read the text.