In other words experienced players are to carry new players through the game?

How will that help. Instead you'll have new players in Hugh lev gear with out a clue on how to play the end game content and we'll have more variations of threads like this complaining about how content are too difficult, contents need to be nerfed.

Most people do not give commendations. I solo healed a nookie group in Titan HM yesterday. 3 of the 4 dps were dead and reviving them was a waste of mana. The other healer got knocked off. Only blessing was the tank and the BLM. The three of us did an 8 man fight and guess what I was blamed by these oh so nice noobs why I didn't raise or heal them and to top it off not a single commendation.

So I'll pass on wasting my time carrying people in DF. Use PF, ask your FC, ask friends in game. Stop expecting random to do all of the work.