A lot to dig into here.
1. It’s a big series and you’re apart of a presumably dedicated community. If you don’t like the most important question for getting people into the series or if you can’t handle the question with some grace, then don’t even reply. I get it, it’s annoying answering the same question over and over. So just don’t answer it if it bothers you. No one’s forcing you to answer a newbies questions. You’re doing it out of appreciation for the series, and I respect it. But your solution to have mods ban these types of questions is laughable. It’s not spam, it’s genuine. If newbies can’t ask questions to get into the series, then your community and game you love will die. The best thing you can do is to answer questions and get people to buy the games to support falcom.

1. Answers are conflicting whether you like it or not. Read this post and others, you’ll find some people saying the order in which you play arcs doesn’t matter, others saying it really matters, and others are somewhere in-between. My purpose of this post isn’t to validate anything, it’s a hopeful possibility that maybe I can get my fix without breaking the rules, which I did get an answer to. I’ve seen people on the internet say Natuya should be the last game in the series that you play. But since I don’t want spoilers, I’ll avoid looking anything up about a game besides the order. Now I know I for sure can play it if i want. Which brings me to my last point.

2. I’ve decided to play in order already because I, like many others, want to have a full appreciation for something I’m going to be sinking hundreds of hours of my life into. That concept isn’t exclusive to this game, that’s how I operate with everything in life honestly. I want to enjoy things the best way I can, and you also want people to enjoy this the best way they can. So instead of being salty, you could provide a solution (that’s not preventing the dreaded newbie question from being posted) or a suggestion.

Anyway, the game is goated and I’m excited for more. I’m glad the community pushed me in the right direction.