Hey, I thought I'd suggest a way for SE to continue to provide a rich and in depth story and also offer players a highway shortcut through the MSQ without losing it's significance.

Let me introduce the Conspectus series.
It's basically a condensed main story quest theatre performance with all significant story fights.

Think Naruto story mode, where you advance through a map of nodes (and side content) and you need to queue up for each node.

I think this would be a good way for new players to not be disuaded by the sheer amount of MSQ play time needed before reaching endgame.

This is why (allegedly) Asmongold quit playing FFXIV on and off stream. Because he's interested in endgame.