I'll reiterate my first point in my previous post:

You should not end an expansion at the same level of skill as you started it. As your character levels up, your skill level should likewise level up. Where you start and end in that spectrum may be different than other players, and that's fine, but if your skill level is a 5 (arbitrary number, obviously) at the start of an expansion and remains a 5 at the end of the expansion, then what is the point of playing the game? At that point, just watch a youtuber play it, and save yourself the disappointment of the inevitable failure. Games that are truly engaging make you desire to become better at them. If you don't feel that desire when playing a game, then said game is truthfully not for you. I'm not saying don't play FFXIV. I'm thrilled for anyone who plays, however they choose to play. I'm just making a statement on general mentality. If you don't feel a desire to improve, then the game is not an engaging game for you, and you would be better playing a game that you DO feel that desire on. (Obviously this only applies primarily to games which have innate skill requirements. I can't imagine anyone has had a desire to improve at cookie clicker. [Don't link the codebullet video....])