Quote Originally Posted by MeiraStarborne View Post
Crafter and gathers are not required to play the game. While people can (and do) skip other combat classes just to avoid actually putting in the time to level them themselves, it is not exactly the intent for why SE added level skips to the shop. So, adding skips for supplemental content isn't likely to happen, and in my opinion, shouldn't. As stated, leveling gathers and crafters has been greatly expedited by the addition of the Ishgard Restoration and Diadem. Additionally, Grand Company leve turn-ins grant huge experience for crafters and gatherers. So, yeah... Lots of ways to level those jobs quickly if it's something you'd like to do.
On a similar note, would be nice if Crafters and Gatherers had a way to progress through expansions without the MSQ (thus, w/o a combat job), but that would probably be way too much work, so I'm not hopeful it will ever happen.