In an interview with Famitsu yesterday, Naoki Yoshida—director and producer of Final Fantasy 14, also known as Yoshi-P—revealed that his team's been preparing a second starting point for new players. This would allow players to skip the bulk of Final Fantasy 14's story in the wake of the game's new expansion, Dawntrail.
This was confirmed and translated by aitaikimochi on Twitter, who wrote: "He says that the team has prepared in-game features that allow you to read the lore and background of the characters and world up until [patch 6.0], and technically you can start your adventure from [patch 6.1] and onwards."
