Quote Originally Posted by Azuri View Post
I really don't see how someone completing MSQ will help with it. It is quite literally designed to be as accessible as possible. Someone having "Endwalker" under completed quests doesn't have any correlation with their competence in the game.

It's also worth noting that I'm talking exclusively about MSQ skip. It's an entirely separate item from level skip. I wouldn't advocate for instant-90 item. But the quests themselves? I really don't see the harm.
What's the point of the story skip if a level skip isn't given as well? I'm not in favor of instant-90 and instant-MSQ clearing skips, but being in favor of one without the other doesn't achieve the entire point of what the OP is asking for.

The OP would still be locked out of participating in the end game content their friends are doing, in that case. Leveling the first 90 job without the MSQ would take longer as well, without the armory bonus of subsequent jobs.