Job Quests...please make them mandatory

[Sorata]

As for reading instructions - you have never done any tech support I assume. To a first approximation nobody reads instructions. If they do it is only as a last resort when everything else has been tried without success.

Well you assumed wrong actually, I deal with that almost every day with both my job and with old parents. I said I'm baffled, not I don't understand why.

I think we are actually on the same page in terms of why these people are that way, you are just a better person in terms of just pointing out the reasons behind it whereas I made the conclusion that's a behavior of (generally) ignorant or at least not self aware.

[Veritas-Ancora]

So why not make Praetorium contain a pre-requisite for your job stone and nothing else throughout the game? It would be easy enough for the game to identify whether or not a soul stone is in the slot.

It's a small gesture but it could ensure that players have all of their abilities.

I do agree with the OP, there are people who never think about returning to their job trainer on a regular basis. It's bad enough that healers don't have Swiftcast or that tanks don't have all of their defense boosts. For the players who cry out "DON'T HOLD MY HAND" -- it's not, it's a pre-requisitie, you already have it. This would force players to be cognizant of what they're missing and reduce the "GIT GUD" atmosphere. Will it kill it completely? No. But at least we'll know they can do more than L15 moves.

[Jroche44]

Not like a little "Google" wouldn't help. Knowing this is an MMO I want to be sure to know what I am doing to avoid being ostricized by some asshole tank or healer, I looked it up. When I became an asshole tank, I looked it up. Tons of information out there just gotta look for it

[MistakeNot]

Not like a little "Google" wouldn't help. Knowing this is an MMO I want to be sure to know what I am doing to avoid being ostricized by some asshole tank or healer, I looked it up. When I became an asshole tank, I looked it up. Tons of information out there just gotta look for it

We already know that there is lots of information out there for those who go looking for it.
Not everyone goes looking for it. Some don't want to. Others don't even know they can or should search the internet. For some this is their first MMO - they will not have any clue that looking things up might be a good idea.
Besides - if you need to Google things, then the game has done a poor job of providing that information. One should never have to look outside the game for information.