I am guessing OP viewed the video from a certain youtuber who asked about whether or not WoW should require “finishing the story from the expansion you chose to level in” in order to go to the Shadowlands.
And my response is still…
I am still stuck in ARR content in FFXIV because THAT game requires finishing the story before you go in to the next expansion, and it suuuuuuuuuuccccccccks.