Required to read Guides?

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Just enjoy going blind for your casual duties and don’t worry about being caught by some mechanics you couldn’t anticipate. To me that’s the best way to enjoy the story and you don’t get it spoiled by watching some vid. I really don’t mind rezzing new players going blind when I go as healer (plus it gives me something to do) or a job that can rez.

Only thing I recommend for casual duties, is checking a general guide (not duty specific) about markers so you know what different markers do like this one: https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...anics_to_help/

If it’s an extreme or savage, as others have said, unless it’s the ARR extremes (several sprouts queue them blind after getting the quest), usually it is expected to have looked at a guide (often PF refers to a specific one) unless otherwise mentioned. Blind progs are pretty common when content is fresh but not so much after a week or two. You can also start your own Party Finder for those and indicate that you are going blind in the description though it may take time to fill for content that has been released a while ago though