Quote Originally Posted by TheUltimateSeph View Post
Except that there are no instructions. There is no in game message telling the player they will have new skills. There is a big difference in ignoring something and not knowing about something.

The first bolded part, I'm sorry I fail to see the difference in the two. Both are referring to the person as an idiot regardless of the difference in wording.
There are no in-game instructions, there is just inductive reasoning. Historically, you gained a job skill every 5 levels and class skills more often. You now gained 5 new levels, it is a logical conclusion that you would have at least 1 new skill. You check your quest journal and see where your last quest ended off, and teleport there. Now you see a ! and talk to the NPC to see a 50 quest, upon completion you'll get a 52 and 54. This is the worst case scenario, if you hadn't known that they moved job quests to 2 levels rather than 5, and/or if you did not take a look at the patch notes.

Honestly, I am surprised you were able to find the MSQ to Ishgard with the line of reasoning you are suggesting is normal.