I use to say to my friends who I was introducing the game that trial and error were part of DS and that the discoveries were the really fun parts. Like when you discover you can feed the pig so he follows you into battle. Looking online was for me a nope.
I would not say that today with DST.
Look at the new awesome crazy Ancient Fuelweaver! What are the odds you stumble on this guy without the wiki?
You need to kill the shadow pieces after hammering them on new moon to get the shadow atrium, get some fossil pieces, kill the Ancient guardian to get the key and bring the lot at the ancient gateway.
Of course, DST is community game, which is very cool (it is actually even better than before if you ask). People teaches other people. But, still, at the end, is the wiki essential to enjoy the content of DST?
What are your thoughts?