I'm pretty similar.

I come from over a decade of hardcore WoW where I was intimately familiar on every role with each dungeon's mobs and pathing and mechanics, and if I wasn't carrying a pug I had a network of friends I could rely on to group with. I have none of that in FFXIV and the anxiety it causes is paralyzing.

Most people in this game are kind and accommodating and I just feel awful about potentially disappointing them by failing to meet their expectations (so the silver lining when someone is being toxic about a run is that there's at least one person I don't care about disappointing).

I do not do roulettes on my main and have pretty much only done MSQ dungeons with the help of my friend. I'm familiar enough with the maps and mechanics of early MSQ dungeons to DPS and heal them as I'm leveling my alts but as I'm getting into higher level dungeons into 50+ content I'm starting to feel it again.

Fortunately I don't see any point in doing roulette anyway, so it hasn't been a huge problem except for MSQ which I'm hoping Trusts can help with.

Quote Originally Posted by KokonoeAiyoko View Post
I still get bits of anxiety despite my skill, despite my experience for one reason... That reason is when I start delving into the unknown.
Oddly enough this is where I excel and the one time my anxiety isn't bad. As long as I'm not the only one delving I'm more than eager to queue into the unknown because there are no mystery expectations.

I'm really looking forward to ShB because it will be equally new to everyone and while I will still be a bit anxious about my performance on jobs (all of them seem to have too many abilities for both my keyboard and physical comfort) I'm a quick study with mechanics and very situationally aware, so new content is my element.