Younoob Tutorials.

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The only thing I don't like about mrhappy's vids are that they are from a Bard's perspective. And that, to me, is quite honestly the laziest "job" this game has to offer. It almost feels like it was meant to be a support-only role, but then at the last minute they just decided, "Hey, we'll give it some attacks too and it can be a DPS."

This is all from experience of playing with Bards and trying to level one myself. It just really feels like such a lazy job. I don't like attacking while fleeing, I wanna be up in dat ass

That aside, yes pre-watching vids gives you at least some semblance of what's to come in a fight. It's not TOO much of a help, but it does give you an idea of how to maneuver in an arena/dungeon, especially if you have experienced players in said fight along with new players. Take for example: I did Ifrit EX about two days ago going in completely blind. Didn't know about the chain mechanic, but I never once wiped because of it, or the debuff from the nails. The healers, however, were basically the cause (okay, it was more like one healer) of the wipes we had. He'd never done EX, but we still got through it after 4 wipes. He'd never watched a video beforehand, but after that many deaths, he picked up on the strategy for the fight. Had he watched a vid beforehand he might've had SOME idea of what was to come.

Alas, we won and that's all that really matters to me. Vin Diesel said it best:

"It doesn't matter whether you win by an inch… or a mile. Winning is winning."