Stop lying to your groups

[Fyce]

Ridiculous. You do realize that there are several different valid general strategies for every turn before you even consider the composition of the party - right? I don't want my FC copying my groups strategy because we don't run a BLM/SMN. If another raid group does - you should adjust accordingly. We explain mechanics and how we handled them. That doesn't mean it will work for everyone.

Also - you clearly didn't read my entire post.

Your post was, in short: "Don't explain things to newbies. Let them take some hits so they will learn that way". This the most absurd thing I've ever read.
Are you going to say the same to your kids? "I didn't tell them running on the road was dangerous. I knew it was, but I think it's better if they learn by themselves" (yes, I know, comparing a real life situation to a game, what a silly thing to do).

I'm not talking about spoonfeeding here (which is a wonderful term to use after my "children" comparison. If you don't "spoonfeed" your children, they will starve and die.), I'm talking about "first necessity" advices.
"The dragon will breath twice instead of a single time when he's at 50% HP, be careful.", "Hey, Tank, it's your first time, so be aware that you will have to move from here, to there at a point of the battle, otherwise we're all dead". That kind of stuff.

Telling this to players who never did the fight doesn't serve them a "huge disservice", as you said. In fact, it can prevent your entire group from getting wiped, just because they will know to be on their guard for that specific moment. Maybe they will respond "Oh, yeah, I already saw that in a video, it should be ok, I'll do my best avoiding it". But, better safe than sorry.

So, as I said, if you are not willing to help new player to have a better understanding about the game (again, I'm not talking about "spoonfeeding" garbage), you are a bad player yourself.

"Let the party wipe a few time to see if they learn", is a terrible way of doing things.