WARNING - New Players or Players thinking of coming back - Consider this first.

[Aeonk]

FFXI is still accessible to new players, but they have to be motivated to actually get things done on their own rather than wait for it to be handed to them.
I'll generally help or give advice to anyone who asks for it (provided I'm not busy), but I don't enjoy holding their hand throughout the whole thing.

Even with other lvl 90 players, there's a big difference between "Can anyone help me get THF seals? I need 8 still" and "hey I'm going to kill this NM, <player1>, <player2> are you guys busy?"

This applies to newbs and veterans alike: Be direct, be motivated, don't abuse other's help all the time, use wiki or some other reference so you're not clueless about what we're doing, and 9/10 times people will help you.

[Inafking]

FFXI is still accessible to new players, but they have to be motivated to actually get things done on their own

<sarcasim>Yeah, I know lots of people who soloed G1-8, AF, Missions, Quests, etc.</sarcasim>

I don't have the words to describe how badly you need to go away.