Sage hype is definitely going to go downhill when people start complaining about "AHHHH SCH 100% BETTER" or some other crap, but back on topic...

I think that if you take a Jump Potion and you're brand new, it should be required to pass said "exam" from Hall of the Novice so that you don't slog a person's group as a healer or tank and never clear content. The Help boxes help a lot with learning the game, but for a new player it's almost overwhelming. In general, the manual is Hall of the Novice - and they should make a Hall of the Intermediate for Lv 60+ that's optional. You don't have to read the manual - but it'd help a lot towards fixing the gap that we tend to find when we get completely new people who literally are dying left and right because they don't understand how to play the game. Why do you think games have tutorials and the like? Why do games have MANUALS that come in the physical box? To teach you how to play it.

TLDR: NOBODY READS THE MANUAL, EVEN WHEN IT'S BENEFICIAL.