Content should be challenging to execute... Not challenging to learn

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Once you know the startup sequence and what the controls do, piloting an F16 is just execution based on memory.

Or in other words, skill.

I disagree. I'm pretty confident that no matter how long you spend learning about how to pilot a jet you couldn't do it your first try. You could easily watch and read about anything in FFXIV and execute it flawlessly on your first attempt. The skill part of the game would be learning your class and abilities, but if you already knew that then the boss encounters themselves are nothing after knowing what to do.

Perhaps there is a thin line between the two, but it in my opinion the game is definitely more about knowledge than technical ability.