Samurai changes are terrible

[DPZ2]

so it seems to me like the best way of breaking the dynamic is the game grabbing new players by the scruff of the neck and dragging them kicking and screaming into a tutorial.

It would certainly be convenient for experienced players, but no other MMORPG I've ever played does such a thing, not even the mighty World of Warcraft. People still survived in those other MMOs, perhaps with the same sorts of complaints that people have here.

Such a tutorial might well seem satisfying in the short run. The downside is that you will get players who cannot innovate because the game taught them the One True Way to play their class in a tutorial. (Imagine learning, for example, how to play Black Mage 'properly' from an in-game tutorial at level 50. At level 60 you now need another in-game tutorial, because the play style changes dramatically). You will also get players who have played MMOs before and resent being dragged kicking and screaming into a tutorial.

It all sounds so easy. The easiest thing is to become a mentor yourself. You don't need a crown above your name to be a mentor nor a chat channel. Just a willingness to explain things when asked. A willingness to contribute to your FC's "tips on how to play this game" document (you have one, right?) or to create a video that doesn't focus on a job at end game or write a web article on leveling a job.