/Accuse @ the devs: have you set us up to fail...?

[Metdevil]

Hey guys, so I'm pretty new to XIV and MMOs in general. I'm trying really hard to learn my role without letting down random teams found in the Duty Finder, I was just wondering if there was a glossary or something for some of these terms, I did a quick search and found nothing explaining anything more than the bare basics (DPS, Tank, AoE, etc).
I keep reading up on here only to get tripped up on words or phrases I feel I should know.
For example, OP mentions 'DPS Checks', and 'Rotations', and no doubt I'm only going to find more and more of them.

Please forgive my ignorance, I really want to learn how to be a contributing member of the Duty Finder.
Thanks in advance

[Legion88]

I keep reading up on here only to get tripped up on words or phrases I feel I should know.
For example, OP mentions 'DPS Checks', and 'Rotations', and no doubt I'm only going to find more and more of them.

Please forgive my ignorance, I really want to learn how to be a contributing member of the Duty Finder.
Thanks in advance

DPS-Check: Fight mechanic, mostly an additional enemy, who instantly kills the party or specific party members if not killed within a specific timeframe.
Enrage: Fight mechanic, a DPS-Check on a larger scale to set a timelimit to an encounter. Mostly present as softenrage or hardenrage.
Softenrage: The boss openly or hidden accumulates stacks to empower his damage and makes it harder to survive till he just does so much damage it can‘t be healed through.
Hardenrage: After a set time the boss uses an ability to instantly kill the whole party.