Please let me skip MSQ

[YukikoKurosawa]

And is this really neccessary to gate the game and force everyone to focus on whatever you subjectively prefer? What is the harm in accommodating varied types of players? You don't make arguably the most successful MMO on the market by saying "players who enjoy X are not allowed". OP isn't asking to remove the story and lore. Or even make more content that's not MSQ. They just want a way to skip it. In the same way you are free to skip gear grind and difficult content like extreme/savage/ultimate.

And your argument about other games is not great. I've enjoyed playing Destiny for it's lore. Does that mean that this game wasn't for me? So many people buy the latest Call of Duty or Battlefield just to play the campaign and never touch multiplayer. They often have great fun with it... or are they also playing the wrong game? Big part of Overwatch's success is commonly attributed to it's appeal to wider audience through out of game media. You don't have to be a sweaty FPS player to enjoy Overwatch.

This tribalism and gatekeeping helps no one. OP could have been another paying customer who supports the game and gives SE a reason to keep it going and expanding. But they were basically told to screw off because they do not enjoy the story enough. A bit sad, don't you think?

The question that gets asked, over and over, yet never get's answered, is why you insist on playing a game that is not for you when there are other games out there that would better suit you what you're looking for. Nobody is forcing you to play FFXIV. You chose to play a story-focused game with very little in the way of traditional MMO "endgame" and then get mad. You need to accept that there are niches that aren't going to appeal to you and that's fine.