So recently with the changes made to the Seasonal stuff and PA giving us 2 tickets right off I decided to see the difference the 2 characters would have from doing the simplified quest vs doing the main story quest.  I mainly wanted to see if the Fitness EXP you got was worth doing it, answer is i got to about 8 heath 1 strength and 17 fitness.  Everything I read on other forums and websites say there is no difference in major rewards between the simplified and going though the story even mentions no difference in inventory and weight, ignoring str lvls. 

I did both seasonal characters, getting them to the same point in the main story, doing all the inventory quests minus the one that needs you to do the Drieghan Story.  The only difference between these 2 characters is one did the Chenga Quest and Graduated, but neither of those give any inventory.  After all that done I found the character that did the simplified quest has 72 inventory slots, and the one that played though the Story has 64 inventory slots, a difference of 8 inventory.   I contacted a GM and they said

"Adventurers who are completing the Simplified Questline will have access to the Black Spirit's Gift (Inventory Slot and Black Stones) quests, which will give them additional Inventory Expansion items to increase their inventory even further."

Confirming this is correct and how it's meant to be.  This is really not ok for a game like this.  For one they charge money for inventory expansions, sure they give them out for free time to time but that character will always be 8 inventory short till you near max inventory, and those free inventory expansion will be sent to that accounts’ main most of the time.  Second, this game has many different story paths a player can take, encouraging players to play through the story a few times for those that enjoy it. This also feels real scummy toward new players where inventory is so much more because they have far less alts and bank space to hold all the stuff the game throws at you.  For people like me who do need a break from their main from time to time those 8 slots help a lot well grinding on these alts with the amount of non-stackable items most grind spots have.  There is no indication at the simplified story option that this is a thing, and they haven't corrected forum posts saying "there is no difference," meaning there is no reasonable way for a player to know they are losing out of inventory if they pick the wrong option.  The fact there is a wrong option for something like this seems off in many ways. I also do not know how this affects those who pick the other story starts "Mountain of Eternal Winter" or "Land of the Morning Light."  

Share your thoughts on this if you feel but here to hoping higher up in PA see this so something might be done. 

My latest seasonal character, who did the simplified quest line and has completed the season pass only has 53 inventory slots, just FYI.