Quote Originally Posted by ExKage View Post
To be honest as a new player, the only reason I knew to do the class/job quests is because my friends who had started before me told me that those were things that happened. Then I knew that I should do them every 5 levels. (but oh man as a THM/BLM was it annoying to do them as I got them. They hurt.) You only get 'sent' to your job quest if you followed through on all the class quests that (as a newbie) the only reason I knew was because my friends told me about it.
This!

This game, like FFXI before it, often TEACHES new players little to nothing about many mechanics. Yes, at 30 you complete the last class quest and an NPC waffles something vague about other 'classes' (as far as I can recall the word JOB isn't mentioned) but gives someone totally new no good reason for them.

It's like in FFXI people used to berate 'noobs' when they went WAR/WHM .. the classic 'gimp PLD' .. but THE GAME TOLD THEM TO, the NPC in Selbina that gives you the sub-job unlock specifically tells you about WAR/WHM.

FFXIV isn't so blatant about giving newbies terrible advice but like FFXI before it, the game expect you to use Google to learn the 'rules' and the playhers expect you to use YouTube to learn the fights .. what happened to the concept of learning to play a game IN THE GAME ITSELF???