Maybe I'm missing something, but it seems that MC travel is a must for characters below level 105 to do the new missions. To get to the Hall of Vérnozal, you need to discover it, or have the teleport item you get as a reward from completing Chapter 1 of the allegiance storyline. But how does a lowbie get that discovery in the first place? Summoning? Doesn't appear so:
  • Summoning is disabled in the Hall of Vérnozal itself
  • Summoning in the surrounding Gundabad areas appears to have a minimum level of 105

Please tell me that I'm missing something, and SSG isn't forcing lowbies to spend mithril coins on travel, just to do the new missions...