As a casual player, I realize I dread every dungeon in the story...

[Z3M0G]

You're complaining about having smooth dungeon runs? Did I read that correctly?

If you don't have much time to play why would you want to continually wipe on every boss until you learn the mechanics?

It's good in a way, since I have limited time... but at the same time I know it's causing me to enjoy the game less overall to always have someone in the party who can tell you exactly what to do, and not fail at least once to get a sense of accomplishment in the end.

I hear that the dungeons really ramp up in difficulty after the one I just finished (the "Manor" I think). If so, I'm looking forward to it.

I understand exactly what you mean. Sometimes it's more fun to just run in and figure out yourself, rather than being spoon-fed through every dungeon. To be honest though, none of them are particularly challenging, even if you don't know what you're doing, so I would say you're not missing out on a lot by having experienced people.

Yah, you are probably right. And thanks for understanding my point.

Edit: It's very similar to the instance battles during the story and job questlines as well... Knowing that you are guaranteed success by the 3rd attempt thanks to the "Echo" takes all the satisfaction out of it... you know you win because it became much easier, not because you learned how to overcome a difficult encounter.