If you're gonna ask how a fight works, why not just look it up first?

[Evergrey]

"Why not make some friends to play with instead of going in with randoms?"

A comment I read sometime on some similare thread.
And honestly that's the best solution.
This is an MMO with lots of people who play differently.
So try and find like minded people to play with for maximum efficiency.

[RhaegarFFXIFenrir]

There are text guides out there in addition to the videos, often done by the same people. The OP isn't criticizing people who want to go in blind, nor is there an implied requirement that players MUST research ahead of time. It's a complaint against people that want the research results via explanation in party rather than just doing the research themselves. If someone can't retain what they learned in a video they watched ahead of time, what makes you think they'll retain the instructions given to them at the start of the fight. This isn't about "playstyle," it's about courtesy to your fellow players. If you can't be bothered to spend 5 minutes watching/reading a guide, how can you expect someone to take 5 minutes to make up a guide on the spot for you?

[SilkaN]

I have never; not once, in all my time playing this game, seen anyone demand an explanation for fight or dungeon.

Well, lucky you!

[Inori-Yuzuriha]

I have never; not once, in all my time playing this game, seen anyone demand an explanation for fight or dungeon.

you play like 10 minutes a day or what?

[Gemina]

you play like 10 minutes a day or what?

I can say the same as him. I'm not on 24/7, but I run enough dungeons to complete the challenge log for them and roulette every week. I've literally have never had someone actually DEMAND things be explained to them. Maybe that's just the impression you get when things HAVE to slow down a notch or two for them, or from other mmos? I dunno, but typically unless someone speaks up, it is assumed everyone knows how the fight goes, and this isn't always the case.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

Sure, and I don't mind giving people the salient points of a fight if they ask for it.

I just don't like the attitude of 'I can't be bothered to do any research beforehand, I expect you to tell me instead. Don't criticise me, it's my preferred playstyle' as expressed by Ramath.

Oh, no. That I agree with. If I have to give someone an entire outline of the fight, I'll get annoyed since they may as well just have watched a video instead of wasting everyone's time.

And I want to slap people who cry "it's my preferred playstyle!" Well, my preferred method is not carrying you. So... I'll be that much more likely to vote kick.

For one guides on most fights are not allways easy to find and dont explain everything. Also most fights are explained in 2 sentences, so time waisting is minimal.
Last but not least the moment looking up strategies on regular fights becomes a necesity i'd rather quit then continue playing. Waaaaay to hardcore.

MrHappy generally has his guides up within the first week of release and Mizzteq isn't far behind. If you type any fight into Youtube, you'll get them both top of the list. They aren't always perfect, but it's something to go off of.

[Nalyna]

You don't have to watch a video for every fight. As a new player, I Googled "FF 14 dungeons." The second link goes to consolegameswiki. It has a nice list of dungeons. You click on the one you are headed to and just give a cursory glance. Some even have a TL;DR Bulletpoint sort of format. Most of the explanations are really short. If there was a page with a lot of fights that was sort of long, I might jot down a few main points for each fight.

I glance at something like this before I enter a new dungeon. It takes probably less than a minute or two and I have a brief idea of what's going on. I still let the group know if it's my first time just in case they want me to know something that perhaps wasn't in the guide.

This is a really simple way for me to hopefully not be the weakest link and cause a wipe that might have been avoided. Because there is no guarantee that someone is going to be nice enough to explain every fight, even if you do tell them you are new.

[Anarnee]

Or, some people want to play a video game instead of turning it into a research project. You're expecting everyone else to bend to YOUR playstyle, while refusing to the the same for anyone else.

There's a word for that...

But.... If you're going to ask people to explain the fight its the same thing. I like I get it if you wanna go in blind and do something, but to ask people instead of looking it up is just lazy. :/ There is no excuse for that.

[Jack-Frosttiger]

Hi iam German so i hope you will Understand what i want to say.

I can understand everyone here who says its a MMO and yes i can also understand if some people counting diffrent things as wasting there Time... but in this Kind of Topic i have mixed feelings because it happend often enough to myself on my old Server.

So i say if the Content is Old like we get now 3.5 i would could 3.3 and older as Old. There you should have watched at least Vids for Primals, Trials, and Raids. Not for normal Dungeons. if somebody says Hi Firt Timer just need short Instructions to not Wipe the Party iam Happy to tell him the Important 2 or 3 things he need to know.

And why as the most People here are Saying. We are in a MMO we should Play together help each other and be Nice to Each other. And if somebody speaks up and says oh sorry i totale forgot that Boss may you fresh me up. Yes shure i do that because this is the Social Part of the Game.

Its the Same when i used to Tank the Low dungeon and doing Level roulette the First Part when i read New Player. i as the leader The Tank ask do you want a Full Tour or a short one. Because iam in the Level roulette the People how are new should have the same Possibilitys as me who already cleared it.

[CGMidlander]

Why, you ask?
Because some people are like this.