There is definitely a lot that is missing if you don’t have or don’t know about the community resources. The world map, for instance, which has all of these things and more (Reborn Map and Teleport Locations), the wikis that explain a lot of game principles, etc.
Edit: one of the things I think that this game is good for is the community. If people are afraid to ask for help or to meet new people, I don’t know if they’ll enjoy the game in general (especially given end game content being group content). You kinda have to be social a bit. Which also involves asking for help or for directions that a lot of us have and know about