As many others have pointed out, excellent post and great info for new or backslid gamers, and for those like me (and apparently many others) whose MMO experiences are limited to single-player questing due to the typical overwhelming arrogance of experienced players...
My only suggestion: There is a ton of useful info contained in the responses by you and other members of this community in this thread, much of which directly relates to your subject. Please edit your original post to include it, rather than leaving it in the comments and responses for readers to happen across. This post has 19 pages of responses (much of it well-deserved accolades); but few of us have the time to sift through 19 pages looking for the good stuff. For me, I gave up after 8 or 9...
I know your desire is to keep the original Guide short, sweet, and simple, and I can appreciate that. And I know that some of the useful info provided in the responses on this thread may not fit your original scope precisely. But there is so much important, critical, useful stuff in here, all things that I've found to be a great benefit to my own play, and to others in the groups I've pitched with. Not including it for everyone to see on page 1 seems criminal...
But, in the words of a recently evacuated troll, it's your guide, so I won't demand you do anything with it (I think I put it slightly better than he did). But it would be nice to see the good stuff consolidated to the first page.
In any case, thanks for your efforts on sharing this info with the community at large, and helping us all be better cooperative gamers in the process...