Quote Originally Posted by xbahax92 View Post
If certain players were allowed to reach these maps early on - be it open world or dungeons actually - can threaten the experience of other players.
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Not only does it allow to spoiler the story for the rest of us, but also the social media, like youtube and whatever guides that exist - are at the risk, this involves many content creators.
I concur.

A current expansion 'skip potion' is the definition of Pay to Win in a story-based MMO.