Community in this game is unbelievable.

[ExKage]

To be honest as a new player, the only reason I knew to do the class/job quests is because my friends who had started before me told me that those were things that happened. Then I knew that I should do them every 5 levels. (but oh man as a THM/BLM was it annoying to do them as I got them. They hurt.) You only get 'sent' to your job quest if you followed through on all the class quests that (as a newbie) the only reason I knew was because my friends told me about it.

While it's true, having the job is quite useful it's no reason to have acted the way this person did. It's a low level dungeon, not CT or even coil. New and learning sometimes also means 'stupid' mistakes.

It really saddens me because it was once I hit end-game that I started to see the common ilk like this. When i first started FFXIV I was amazed when I had died in Eastern Thanalan and before I even hit return someone had raised me. When i died in some of those single instances, before I could even see if a friend could raise me, people would raise me, cast protect and stoneskin. Once I hit end-game it was like all the ilk was there in force. (CT anyone?)

[KraggyKor]

To be honest as a new player, the only reason I knew to do the class/job quests is because my friends who had started before me told me that those were things that happened. Then I knew that I should do them every 5 levels. (but oh man as a THM/BLM was it annoying to do them as I got them. They hurt.) You only get 'sent' to your job quest if you followed through on all the class quests that (as a newbie) the only reason I knew was because my friends told me about it.

This!

This game, like FFXI before it, often TEACHES new players little to nothing about many mechanics. Yes, at 30 you complete the last class quest and an NPC waffles something vague about other 'classes' (as far as I can recall the word JOB isn't mentioned) but gives someone totally new no good reason for them.

It's like in FFXI people used to berate 'noobs' when they went WAR/WHM .. the classic 'gimp PLD' .. but THE GAME TOLD THEM TO, the NPC in Selbina that gives you the sub-job unlock specifically tells you about WAR/WHM.

FFXIV isn't so blatant about giving newbies terrible advice but like FFXI before it, the game expect you to use Google to learn the 'rules' and the playhers expect you to use YouTube to learn the fights .. what happened to the concept of learning to play a game IN THE GAME ITSELF???