That's fair. I'll concede that older content does help prepare for newer content. I wouldn't say it's a huge help, but it does help some.
While true to an extent, logic is easily found even in your safe zone lol. Avoiding topics that will, without a doubt, be riddled with stupidity, is not illogical. The only way it would be, is if you're hoping to be met with said stupidity but refuse to open those topics. That would be pretty damn illogical. Hell, this thread is pretty damn illogical at its core, thanks in part to people who view things the way the OP does and takes it as an absolute truth (where the argument is unnecessary and/or ignores real facts). We can't help our curiosity sometimes lol.
I think you're interpreting my words wrong when you read them. For example, the minority comments I make are referring to the new players that care (a lot) about doing content in the intended way and do not want to simply get a clear. I am not referring to the minority being vet players, vets that leave the party, or my indirect referral to new players that just want a clear. They are clearly the majority. If you don't agree with me on that one, then I don't think anything logical will sway you to see it correctly. I'm going go glass half-full here and assume you do agree with something so obvious.
I totally agree with you about many players wanting to play for story, try a new MMO, etc. I also agree that there are players that leave groups and could not be bothered in the slightest to help a new player out or cut them a break. I also agree that being carried and powered through content, if the goal of said player is to experience content as is (again, not to simply clear it), is boring.
Here's where your argument breaks though, and where I cannot bring myself to logically agree with you on your key points and reasoning. You said that you did Coil and powered through it, thus it was not fun. Why did you do it in that way? You only have yourself to blame for not enjoying how it unfolded, when you're clearly trying to imply you wanted to experience it as intended but apparently did it unsync'd with people who did not know what you wanted... or cared. How is your failure justification to look down upon something that is clearly popular, appreciated, and utilized as intended by everyone else? Why didn't you try to get a group together to do it the way you wanted (sync and any other handicaps)?
I get that you're asking for a better means to do something as intended, but to be honest, that's a waste of time for the devs and only serves to further frustrate players in the way you're implying, both new and old. PF (especially with x-server functionality) is probably the most enjoyable way to do things at such a handicap. If you're truly asking for another DF that is outside of things like Mentor roulette (which it probably would have to be), you're just asking for another mode for said new players to encounter the same d-bags that leave group all the time. How does what you want provide a different experience that eludes the problems you refer to now? PF is literally the best way to create a frustration free experience. You're asking for a tool to get the job done for you (them, whatever). A very unpopular job, at that. You're trying to defend laziness and stifle initiative against what is a popularly accepted means of doing things. I get the enjoyment out of challenge and doing things as intended. I truly do, as I do it myself. But you're treating the situation as though it is hopeless because you have no tools available to you. The fact is.. you do. You're holding their hands through something you don't need to.
Generally, I try to remark upon points people make. If there are key ones you think I missed, then feel free to ask. I'd wager you won't like my response though. I am, however, not above agreeing with logical responses on things. That's usually what my problem is with an argument or point that someone has. The detachment from logic and/or facts, depending on what the point is, is where I will point out problems. Unfortunately, people don't see that as the response they wanted or misinterpret it as a misunderstanding.
For one, The reason why I don't read those kinds of posts is because I don't need to expose myself to that kind of negativity. Those posts are riddled with "git gud" mantras by those who do absolutely nothing but play this game and other games day in and day out. They feel a sense of superiority that gives them this self-claimed right to judge how others are in this game. I used to read those kinds of posts, and now I don't.
Secondly, I don't need to have an argument for every single thing someone posts on here. The mindset of the elite trash is not one that's hard to understand.
So I'm not gonna exit my "safe zone" and read those kinds of posts just so I can formulate an argument against it. I'm not on here to be objective. I see things how I see them and respond accordingly. Every thought I ever transcribe is subjective and is based on my personal experiences, as well as factual data that is publicly known. I'm not on here arguing just to argue. That's silly. I comment on posts and respond to certain people about topics I'm passionate about, and with people that can comprehend what I'm saying, and vice versa. Who, even in the end, is willing to agree to disagree if we cannot come to a solid agreement.
So no, I don't, and I won't read those kinds of posts. There's no merit in it for me. I don't need to prove my "objectivity" to anyone.