Quote Originally Posted by VirusOnline View Post
The context here is "new character", not new account, not new player. Choosing which expansion to start at would be a great option.
It's not about skipping or FOMO, getting to the latest ASAP, it's about giving players options in an alt unfriendly mmo - especially players who have already completed MSQ.
This I agree with. If you have cleared the game from ARR to the recent expansion without buying a story or a job skip, I don't see why you shouldn't be able to start off from another point when you make a new character.

I'd at least make it so that you can start off from ARR, Heavensward or Stormblood if you have cleared the story without any skips, while keeping the current most recent story skip as a cash shop exclusive. And when 7.0 is released, make it so that you can start off from Shadowbringers, while skipping to Endwalker is a cash shop exclusive. And when 8.0 is released, Endwalker becomes available as a starting point. This way they could balance accessibility and replayability for players, while not messing up with the money flow coming from people buying story skips too much, since I'm sure that is the bottom line with a change like this.