As a new player, I'd like to thank all of you that have the patience to lay down a bit of strategy before a big fight. The game teaches you things like 'don't stand in the bad color' and 'do your skill rotation', but doesn't cover things like running from 1000 ton swing (no bad color ground effect), the distance based damage on Titan's quake thing (run to the edge), or that it's probably ok for DPS to handle certain varieties of adds without the tank running a boss all around the battlefield. As a new tank, I feel compelled to watch videos as dungeons get more complex, but the videos usually only cover basic mechanics of a fight and not overall group strategy...and I can't always remember everything anyway.

I've found the FFXIV community to be wonderful. I haven't had a single bad experience yet with anyone getting angry or impatient. I'm sure it will happen, but it seems very rare. Overall, people have been very patient and helpful.