Quote Originally Posted by LilimoLimomo View Post
Words and XKCD....
Maybe I do overestimate some people (which is sad), but I don't think my expectations are misplaced. This is why I specifically said it's fine for sprouts to not understand. In the context of the comic, the average person would be a sprout. Someone who isn't used to the game or the type of skill checks put in place.

But If you manage to get to level cap and the end of the MSQ, by that point you should be able to meet most of those expectations, either by looking things up or watching those around you. In the context of the comic, that's no longer the average person. It's someone who's at least taken some courses on geochemistry.

And to clarify, by expectations I don't even mean mechanics like weaving, clipping, slide casting, snapshots, etc... That's all advanced stuff that you get into when raiding and usually need to be taught. I'd hope that a person that's no longer a sprout would have the ability/curiosity to look at/up their buffs. We've had the transcendent buff since sometime in Shadowbringers. And once again, I don't expect these people to know which attacks go through transcendent (I don't remember them all), just "Oh hey, this buff exists when I'm being rezzed I wonder what it does? Maybe I should look it up or ask."

The one thing I'll agree with you on is that the game can be better about teaching certain concepts, but it probably shouldn't be "If you die, you get rez immunity!" instead it should be, "Hey things happen in-game, you'll get buffs and debuffs. Pay attention to them." Though maybe the game does teach that now? I don't know. I can't remember when I've actually done guildhests.