Apparently, new player means no one can look anything up anymore

[Niqote]

I feel that its pretty clear you are supposed to dodge AoEs, you should know basic mechanics by self discovery/habit by level 40 and that doing your class and job quests are self explanatory because the tutorial/follow the main scenario quest icon are rather clear.

But I am a long time player, not just XIV but games. Some people... are not. It's not common sense to them that a Black mage has fire spells or that a Gladiator is a tank and that by taking damage you are lowering the performance of the group as a whole. There are inexperienced people, whether it be ignorance and unwillingness to learn or just a matter of them needing it to be said to them over and over so they 'get it' doesn't matter because they are there none the less.

It's not a matter of 'looking it up' its about the motivation to be efficient, and some people don't have that motivation. And that's OK.
It's OK because they are free to lack that motivation. What is not OK, is for them to be a jerk about it. And it is equally distasteful for an experienced player to be a jerk about it.

I am not accusing either OP or the inexperienced player in question of this. And I can understand an inexperienced player having some gear that isn't quite up to par because they want to see the next great thing and rush without farming/seeking new gear. That will lock them out of content soon enough.

But this is a MMO, and a MMO requires everyone to put in some effort (patience,willingness to learn) for the communities sake. The sooner that is understood, the more fun we will have.

[Windi]

I feel that its pretty clear you are supposed to dodge AoEs, you should know basic mechanics by self discovery/habit by level 40 and that doing your class and job quests are self explanatory because the tutorial/follow the main scenario quest icon are rather clear.

As someone who still has a bit of a hard time dodging AOEs myself, I think it's more a matter of anticipation rather than "can you move out of the way." Especially without the experience of fighting bosses/enemies repeatedly, you don't really have a figurative clock set in your head as to when you should start moving, so what happens, at least in my case, is that I see the marker, go "oh sh-t I need to move," side-step, and still get hit as I'm too late before the cast timer runs up. All of this stuff requires some practice, and not everyone has the reaction time for some of these either.