I love newbies!

I was running Tam Tara the other day (levelling low alt classes) and there were no newbies running it and I actually missed having a newbie in the party.

That nervous greeting at first, the awkwardness of their skill rotations and the wariness of bosses we have stopped caring about and possibly die...a lot.;)

I love running with newbies!
I feel that it is so important that we make new players feel welcome because we were newbies once and had awkward rotations and not aware of tactics and possibly died...a lot! ;)

So when you are in a dungeon and you have a newbie for the first time, appreciate their awe and wonder at their first run and make them stronger with advice and a bit of care.
Because the newbies of today will be the pros of tomorrow. :cool:

I like teaching people how to properly play the jobs as well, makes it a little less boring playing the same dungeons 10000x

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Originally Posted by BinaryJack

I love running with newbies!
I feel that it is so important that we make new players feel welcome because we were newbies once and had awkward rotations and not aware of tactics and possibly died...a lot! ;)

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Originally Posted by Ruri

I like teaching people how to properly play the jobs as well, makes it a little less boring playing the same dungeons 10000x

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Agree with both of those.

^^
I agree.
Also remember, newbies are the lifeblood of an MMO.
The more new players the game attracts the better the game will do in the long run.

Newbies are one of my reason to keep playing a game because their fresh start gives me a motivation to do stuffs for them like helping them gear up with my crafts or run a dungeon. New or players leveling for endgame in my FC always get free stuff from me whenever they want to or sometimes I offer to give them gears so they feel well-geared. I even just gave out a free Astrolabe (60k at market) to a member trying to pump up ilvl for relic.

Guys, I suddenly feel great about being a Newbie, Thanks! I'll ignore the negatives now.

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Guys, I suddenly feel great about being a Newbie, Thanks! I'll ignore the negatives now.

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There will always be people who are rude to new players. But honestly if you're running a duty finder what do they expect?

I agree with all of this, and I still consider myself a newbie. There is always something that you can learn, and do better. Last night I got The Lost City of Amdapor in Expert Roulette (my absolute favorite dungeon, honestly). I had only ran it a couple times before, and had never done the doors during Diabolos (it was always a ranged DPS that did them). Well, this time I had a tank and a monk explain exactly how to do them, when to time them right, and then we got started. We had 3 phases of Ruinous Omen, and I didn't miss the doors once. We had a successful run, and I felt a huge sense of accomplishment. My point with this story is that it is always best to try and teach those with less experience or knowledge, rather than expect everyone to know all of the mechanics or even the best use of abilities, regardless of level.

Now, I'm sure as an ilvl 78 WHM I am expected to have at least a good handle on how to play my job, but there will always be a first run of every dungeon, even at endgame. I haven't ran Garuda Ex, King Moogle Mog, or Coil yet, because I am a little nervous about my skills and the fact that I don't know the fights (Youtube helps, but nothing compares to seeing it unfold for yourself). If I go into those trials/raid with a great party like I had last night, with people who are willing to help and not try to rush through the fights, I know I will have no problem.

I know this is pretty long-worded, but I have one more point to make. To those who just want to rush through a dungeon without taking the time to help less experienced players: it is your fault that there are players running endgame content with bad habits. Instead of teaching them early on how to play their job, you carry them through the lower level content just for your tomes. I've seen ilvl 90 DPS run stuff like Tam-Tara or Copperbell as if they were a tank, meanwhile, the lvl 20 tank has no idea what is going on, can't gain or maintain aggro, and we make it through the dungeon with no problem. How is that tank supposed to learn how to be a tank? Slow down, help each other out, and it will help you and the community in the long run.

Sorry for the rant.

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Originally Posted by Ruri

I like teaching people how to properly play the jobs as well, makes it a little less boring playing the same dungeons 10000x

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So true.
I love your sig gif. That poor soul that runs in and then dies immediately...it always makes me laugh.

Any of you guys in Odin server? You'd love me, I only found out limit break at level 26. :) Honestly I'm loving this game, hoping to get to know more people and learning more.

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Any of you guys in Odin server? You'd love me, I only found out limit break at level 26. :) Honestly I'm loving this game, hoping to get to know more people and learning more.

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I'm on a legacy server but DF sometimes puts me with players from other servers. The best way to learn is to join a FC or Linkshell with experienced players that can answer your questions.

It's great to read posts like this. My contribution to newbies is generally in the crafting world, I'll look at their level and then craft some HQ gear and hand it to them, admittedly it's often viewed with suspicion, and to be fair I'd be the same, but it does make you feel better when you know you've helped someone, especially as we were all that newbie ourselves once.

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Any of you guys in Odin server? You'd love me, I only found out limit break at level 26. :) Honestly I'm loving this game, hoping to get to know more people and learning more.

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Hi, I'm in Odin server too so you can befriend me if you want to, you can normally find me at my FC's house at Lavender Beds 4-11

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Hi, I'm in Odin server too so you can befriend me if you want to, you can normally find me at my FC's house at Lavender Beds 4-11

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Ahh might take you up on that one. I could do with a house tour. Honestly its been great, a lot of people are friendly. I haven't played an mmo in years and I got a lot of learning to do. Going to start my MRD sub class soon. Kind of anxious because I've never been a tank before.

I love newbies! Honestly when I do low level roulettes I am always hoping to find someone new, otherwise they're so boring. The last time I did Totorak with my whm there was a new DPS who probably didn't know about level sync. He asked us how come we had such cool weapons and gear at a low level (I had my Thyrus Zenith), so we chatted a bit about Relic Weapons.

Now I'm leveling a tank, just started doing dungeons, and I have to say, I've always met cool and patient people. Feels great!

I'll just reflect the sentiment here - many times I have much better run with freshmen than with old "hardcore" players trying to rush through roullette as fast as possible. I don't mind fails or longer time needed to complete the dungeons, I play for fun, not to have second online "job" ;) I actually prefer to run low level DR (I play / level up all 8 alts) and many days those are the only ones I do run and I'm still having fun even after running 8 of those a day.

I could do with some help from players like you guys. First mmo I've played and its a lot to learn on your own! Keep up helping those newbies.

I wish my experiences were with you people. All i get is "You better skip the cutscene." or grief because i made all my gear

I really love playing with newbies too,some of the best dungeons i've done are with new players.

I see that I'm not alone on this. I often say that I prefer to play with newbies that really try to learn and improve, than with some of the lvl 50 players.

It's way more fun and satisfying playing with the first, helping them, giving tips if needed, and often seeing them improve. Rushing through a dungeon for the 1531351 time killing mobs in less than 5 seconds, and without anyone saying anything, is boring as hell.

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Originally Posted by Zunde

I wish my experiences were with you people. All i get is "You better skip the cutscene." or grief because i made all my gear

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Someone griefed you for making gear? It's a crafting game. I make my gear and I'm proud of it. HQ and wear it for to long. :P

Being that newbie and remembering how nice it was for a higher leveled player to help my confused, overwhelmed butt was great. After that I offer what I can if someone needs because I know how it felt all those years ago in Windy playing FF11. Thanks for taking me to the dunes, Lady. I probably would have quit without your help.

Hi,

This is the first time i play FF and i didn't know it was so big and difficult to learn.
So i'm a newbie...
I play on ps4 as a Thaumaturge on the odin server...
So if you want to help me...i'll appreciate it

I love helping new people. :) I try to treat them better than how I was treated the first time I did a dungeon....

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Originally Posted by Raeanya

...To those who just want to rush through a dungeon without taking the time to help less experienced players: it is your fault that there are players running endgame content with bad habits. Instead of teaching them early on how to play their job, you carry them through the lower level content just for your tomes. I\\'ve seen ilvl 90 DPS run stuff like Tam-Tara or Copperbell as if they were a tank, meanwhile, the lvl 20 tank has no idea what is going on, can\\'t gain or maintain aggro, and we make it through the dungeon with no problem. How is that tank supposed to learn how to be a tank? Slow down, help each other out, and it will help you and the community in the long run.

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This. I wish you were in the party I dropped last night.

I love molding people to my own liking...errr, i mean helping people.

I too enjoy running with new players and helping them, a good bit of the people I friend are new and I like to give them pointers and help them level / gear up.

The elitist don't stop to think if the new players stop joining and the game stops growing SE will slow down on content or just end up breaking the game to "entice" more people in.

Yeah i agree, helped out a few WHM along the way when I was playing something other than a White Mage and even been helped out when I was levelling Scholar. We all have to learn something in the game anyways why not pass that along. I'm still not fond of Scholar but i am a better player because of the help i was given haha.

Hey guys, first post! A little back story:
I have never played an MMO in my life. In every RPG I always want to be the guy with the best looking armor, swd/shld, so the natural choice for me was Gla/Pld role! Boy, did I not see it coming... My first main story dungeon, Sastacha. I get a message: "you gonna go?" The first mob I get to, I go in Sword swinging and get torn apart by 2 people. "You don't know you're doing", "get out of here" then 5 minutes into the dungeon, kicked!
I turned off the game and started studying! The 1st time in a dungeon I have no idea where to go and what to pull. After I finish it the 1st time, I can kill it the next time, but the 1st time I usually get a "I feel for any party that has to suffer through this tank, lulz!" I think that last time it happened was The Stone Vigil, though after that initial first time, I blazed through it after that like a boss! I almost cancelled my account after that remark.

TL;DR: Keep doing what you're doing!

...wouldn't let me post more than 1000 words.

Now I'm pretty good at my job but that initial run I'm going to somewhat suck. I always tell people "Hey first time in here" but that doesn't really seem to matter in most cases. Some people just speed run and get mad cause I don't fully know what they're doing or where they're going. I always watch a run on YT before I go in, so I kind of know what to expect, but heaven for bid I let one enemy slip for a second and I get my butt chewed. It just kind of sucks sometimes. Thanks for reading, and helping us noobs out when you can!! I hope to see some of ya'll in my game!!

A friend of mine had the same thing happen to him CK, this is his first MMO and just had to play GLD even after I warned him it was not the best choice for a first class. He ran his first dungeon before I got on and the group ripped him so hard because he didn't know how to hold aggro. They kicked him and he quit because it was not fun for him and he would rather not pay $15 a month for a game for people to rip into him for not knowing what to do. No one likes an Ethug

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A friend of mine had the same thing happen to him CK, this is his first MMO and just had to play GLD even after I warned him it was not the best choice for a first class. He ran his first dungeon before I got on and the group ripped him so hard because he didn't know how to hold aggro. They kicked him and he quit because it was not fun for him and he would rather not pay $15 a month for a game for people to rip into him for not knowing what to do. No one likes an Ethug

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Yep! Exactly the same! Luckily for me I'm a semi-quick learner and love to read! I read and read and watched tutorial after tutorial. I'm not saying I'm a master Paladin, but now I'm comfortable enough in my roll to hold my own. It's that initial run in a dungeon. It seems that most don't communicate at the start. I would like to know what the group is doing in there, be it exploration, speed run, etc. I think that would go a long way to making a better run for noobs!

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Originally Posted by purley

Hi,

This is the first time i play FF and i didn't know it was so big and difficult to learn.
So i'm a newbie...
I play on ps4 as a Thaumaturge on the odin server...
So if you want to help me...i'll appreciate it

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I see you are still pretty low level, if you want to reroll on Malboro ill be glad to run with you and help you out.

Add Little Rev if you choose too.

Also on PS4 Rev1170

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Yep! Exactly the same! Luckily for me I'm a semi-quick learner and love to read! I read and read and watched tutorial after tutorial. I'm not saying I'm a master Paladin, but now I'm comfortable enough in my roll to hold my own. It's that initial run in a dungeon. It seems that most don't communicate at the start. I would like to know what the group is doing in there, be it exploration, speed run, etc. I think that would go a long way to making a better run for noobs!

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Too bad you are on a different server or you could run stuff with us and we could help you learn, our FC is always helping new people learn Coils, primal, Hm ETC.

Fine by me...is a thaumaturge to difficult to start with?
You'll have a lot to teach me...:-D

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Originally Posted by purley

Hi,

This is the first time i play FF and i didn't know it was so big and difficult to learn.
So i'm a newbie...
I play on ps4 as a Thaumaturge on the odin server...
So if you want to help me...i'll appreciate it

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I see you are from Odin server, feel free to talk to me or ask me anything about the game if you want to. I always be at my FC house so you can look for me there in-game. :D

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Originally Posted by Rev1170

I see you are still pretty low level, if you want to reroll on Malboro ill be glad to run with you and help you out.

Add Little Rev if you choose too.

Also on PS4 Rev1170

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ok i create a new caracter this evening.
any advice with caracter is the most easy to learn...warrior or mage...its all ok for me...i just want to learn how the game works and have a lot of fun.

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Originally Posted by purley

ok i create a new caracter this evening.
any advice with caracter is the most easy to learn...warrior or mage...its all ok for me...i just want to learn how the game works and have a lot of fun.

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Archer is actually one of the easiest to start with since they can move and attack. After that I would say Arcanist. They are very good to solo as. Then Thaumaturge.
If you are already used to MMOs and the role of a tank, then Gladiators are good too.

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Originally Posted by purley

ok i create a new caracter this evening.
any advice with caracter is the most easy to learn...warrior or mage...its all ok for me...i just want to learn how the game works and have a lot of fun.

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Lets start with your first class Thaumaturge. Basically you will be the DPS caster (Burst damage type) in game, your way of dealing damage effectively on lower level is to start with Fire spell which put you into Astral Fire state (Fire damage will increase at the cost of MP stops regenerating, Ice damage reduced).

When you run out of MP you will have to use Transpose to switch your Astral Fire with Umbral Ice (MP Regeneration increases, fire damage down).

When your MP is fully recharges, Transpose again into Astral Fire state and repeat. Thunder is not affected by either Fire/Ice state so use it during Umbral Ice as you will be using your MP to dish out fire during Astral.

For now, that's pretty much I can explain for Thaumaturge basics. I can tell you more if you by any chance found me in-game.

Nothing wrong with the title of newbie. It is a badge of honor for intelligent people. Newbie means that you are new to it all, but you want to learn and get better. Even to perfect you're path.

Now there are other renditions of the word such noob, used as a tag for those that don't want to do anything for themselves.. The ones that just choose to get carried through everything.

First one is great and proud to be. The second ones are just idiots.