Ruining game experience

[LunaHoshino]

How in the dungeons etc are you supposed to let them know your a newbie, surely they would guess that from the amount of health you have and then play to compensate for that especially when your on the PS4

Actually, the amount of health someone hasn't doesn't necessarily mean they're a newbie. They could just be leveling up a new class-- for example, I've finished the entire story and am in endgame content now. I just started leveling Archer a little while ago, so if I go into a dungeon as Archer, it will show me as being level 22 because that's my level for that particular class. I'm far from a new player, though.

[Avenger]

I concur with the earlier posters who point out that all too frequently veteran players seem to forget that they were once new to the content, or to understand that some players (often Final Fantasy fans, unsurprisingly enough) really appreciate experiencing the game narrative in context rather than watching it on YouTube or in the Inn.

Fortunately after one awful group I managed to get a party of helpful players (notably tanks and healers) for the Praetorium who said that they watched the cutscenes when they were new without being locked out of battles and encouraged me to do likewise.

Unfortunately if people are overgeared they can basically rush through everything and even ignore most mechanics. Instituting iLvl sync would help, at the possible expense of reducing the number of players in Duty Finder.

As suggested, Party Finder and making friends in the game is the best solution. Recently I was in a learning party of people on my server for Turn 1, and it was great!

[Avenger]

As a final comment, I hope in the future that veteran players consider that helping new players enjoy the game story (particularly in story-heavy missions like CM and the Praetorium) is a good thing to do, and not just a waste of "your" time.

A friendly and helpful community is one of the best things that you can have in an MMO like FFXIV, and it's what will help it prosper and grow into the future.

[Avenger]

Actually, the amount of health someone hasn't doesn't necessarily mean they're a newbie. They could just be leveling up a new class-- for example, I've finished the entire story and am in endgame content now. I just started leveling Archer a little while ago, so if I go into a dungeon as Archer, it will show me as being level 22 because that's my level for that particular class. I'm far from a new player, though.

To follow up on that, definitely get a cheap keyboard for your PS4 if you don't have one already, so that you can tell people that you are new and make sure that they are not going to lock you out of boss battles or try to get you to skip cutscenes. If they aren't OK with that, you can quit the duty and try again in 30 minutes.

[Assassin01]

To follow up on that, definitely get a cheap keyboard for your PS4 if you don't have one already, so that you can tell people that you are new and make sure that they are not going to lock you out of boss battles or try to get you to skip cutscenes. If they aren't OK with that, you can quit the duty and try again in 30 minutes.

Thanks for the advice, will certainly look into that.