It can, in the course of some 2 minutes or less of tutorial text overlay across some 20 minutes of other context-setting events (e.g., an actual dungeon run, a few guildhests, or couple new Halls of the Novice scenarios), provide every bit as much context as even an astute player would likely garner across their 1-80 experience.
I realize XIV may set our expectations very, very low, but good tutorials (even when used minimalisticly) do exist and can be integrated even into this game.
