with this mindset the future looks dim

[Clavaat]

A few points to note here:

1. A lot of videos/guides are dated, haven't been updated with newer content or strategies in mind.
2. They are often recorded and/or written with 1 strategy, 1 team setup, 1 way of handling enemies. Not all fights, T4 and T5 in particular, have 1 way and 1 way only of handling the fight and some may work better for different party compositions than others.
3. A lot of video/guides contradict each other. This often goes hand-in-hand with points 1 and 2.
4. There are different kinds of learners. Videos may not help, but reading would, and vice versa. For a lot of people, just trying it with a general idea of what's going to happen is best. Whether or not they skimmed beforehand, or someone gives an annotated version specific to their job, it shouldn't matter. Until you are actually in the thick of it, you don't know how you're going to do, regardless of previous info.

I totally see both sides of this. From my perspective, videos and guides are not incredibly helpful, but spoken/written words from a player in real time are much more effective. That's just me. Improving the quality and actually editing guides and videos, I may be more prone to one side, but it just isn't that way right now. I learn best from making mistakes as opposed to studying. College wasn't fun for me lmao