Quote Originally Posted by Shurrikhan View Post
In learning their game? Yes it is. It absolutely is.
No, it isn't. They are not responsible for whether or not a player wants to learn.

Is it their responsibility to provide tools to help the player who does want to learn? Yes, and they've done that.

The link to the Play Guide on Lodestone is default to the UI when you start a new character and log in. You have to manually disable it in Character Customization.

They added the Hall of Novices to explain the basics of group play.

Skills get added slowly so players can get used to them and learn them in an appropriate order for the most part.

Mechanics gradually get added so players can learn those.

SE has done their due diligence when it comes to making tools to learn basic game concepts available.

It is still not their responsibility to force the player to learn.