Quote Originally Posted by Equitable_Remedy View Post

Not knowing what's going on just isn't particularly fun for me. Of course, there's always going to be a component of actually learning an encounter by doing it, but I at least like to have a sense of what's happening if I can.
Yep. For me, the fun in an encounter/dungeon/etc. comes from mastering it through taking the knowledge I have and honing that over time. It's a great feeling when you get a dungeon or trial you haven't done for ages and that muscle memory kicks in. While I understand that the learning and figuring out phase is fun for some people, it's not for me, especially in group content where my mistakes punish everyone else and/or their mistakes punish me when I've done everything right.