Stormblood story skip when?

[Valdima]

I assume it'll be out shortly, though I don't know the timeframe for other skips in ARR and Heavensward.

But might I say, as someone who was also anxious about tanking new dungeons (mostly since I'd taken a long break and came back late into the expansion) you really can't go wrong just pulling a couple packs at once, seeing how it goes, and then pulling more (or less if things went poorly) from there. I can't think of many special things that tanks need to worry about in any of the new dungeons. But I get not wanting to bother with it at all.

Its not the mechanics, I'm just tired of dealing with people and their attitudes.

[Wynn_Storm]

It'll come out probably after Shadowbringer comes out.

Its not the mechanics, I'm just tired of dealing with people and their attitudes.

If you tell people you are new, it won't be as bad.

Usually just saying "Hey there, first time here."

People will tend to cut you some slack.

You'll have to do the dungeons eventually as they will be part of roulettes. There is no real way of avoiding them.