On the topic of hall of the novice, I've noticed that when it comes to the role I play (healer), there's a huge discrepancy between what the hall leads you to believe you'll be doing versus what you'll actually be doing. Other than the generally useful stuff, like dodging aoe indicators, it prompts you to keep your allies alive. By spamming gcd heals. Surely, those are the only ones that are available at lvl15. But that is SO not how the game seems to work for healers later on, and I'm saying this as I've only just now reached Heavensward myself, let alone endgame. I imagine the contrast is even more stark. So what I'm saying is, even if you do hall of the novice, which is totally not a given, it doesn't REALLY prepare you for much as it currently is. Especially considering how frowned upon sitting there spamming gcd heals is. I don't know if this is an issue other roles face as well but it's definitely very noticeable in mine.