This game needs better + updated guides.

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An instruction manual, maybe, but a strat guide? No.

I don't know wtf constitutes a strat guide, but an explanation of the basic features of the game (guildleves, quests, story scenarios, how combat works, what stats do and why we have to allocate them, market systems, abilities) would probably help ease players into the game. It's really overhwelming starting a new MMO, and especially one like FFXIV, which delineates itself a lot from many other MMOs on the market, so the more SE can do to make the first experiences of players less of a frustration and more fun can only help their cause, even if that means explaining how the holy trinity works.