Quote Originally Posted by Niqote View Post
I feel that its pretty clear you are supposed to dodge AoEs, you should know basic mechanics by self discovery/habit by level 40 and that doing your class and job quests are self explanatory because the tutorial/follow the main scenario quest icon are rather clear.
As someone who still has a bit of a hard time dodging AOEs myself, I think it's more a matter of anticipation rather than "can you move out of the way." Especially without the experience of fighting bosses/enemies repeatedly, you don't really have a figurative clock set in your head as to when you should start moving, so what happens, at least in my case, is that I see the marker, go "oh sh-t I need to move," side-step, and still get hit as I'm too late before the cast timer runs up. All of this stuff requires some practice, and not everyone has the reaction time for some of these either.