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You've suckered me again.

After blazing through Bravely Default I decided I really missed my time in FFXI and in the SE multiverse. So please indulge me in a few questions.

Does it matter which world I pick? Can I easily have friends join me on these worlds if I sucker a few friends into joining me?

I've read quite a few beginners guides and what not but what is the dumbest thing I can do right off the bat in game?

This game has been running for a while so I'd assume that the economy is goofed already but I find that selling mats to high level crafters always makes money. Is that still true in this game?

Cheers

The single dumbest thing you can do is accidentally pick a class for a city you don't want to play in for your start. You'll be stuck on that class and in that city for 15 levels.

Edited, Mar 7th 2014 9:56pm by Catwho

Sure, if you want to walk past level 50 monsters.

My tip is to not ignore guild leves.

They're easy sources of gil, and you can also get dungeon-quality items from them. You can make gil while saving gil. If you're in a hurry, you can set leves on a lower difficulty and blow through them, still collecting the gil and rewards.

Making a steady stream of gil in FFXIV is pretty easy, and getting in the habit of knocking out a few leves each day is a great way to start.

You also get tons of exp for finishing leves... on par with what FATES can give, only leves can be done faster AND solo.

(I'd like to echo the post above mine, though, in that you shouldn't feel any need to rush to level 50. This game was designed to make it easy to catch up with veteran players once you hit endgame, so there's no need to worry about being left behind.)

Edited, Mar 8th 2014 9:05am by Thayos

Any worlds I should avoid or are they all still populated pretty well?

Though you do want to choose a server with people that play around the time you play. My work hours changed after the game launched and now 4-5 days a week my play time is during the least active time on my server.

They have a world transfer service so, if they decide to join you later on and don't start on your world, yes they can just swap over for a nominal fee.

What world to start on? It doesn't matter at this point in the game because everything has evened out and the economies are set. Well I think so anyway. What you do want to know is the FC/LS rates, NA/JP/EU Server HUBS, Social ability/Community of the world.

Chick HERE for location of Data Centers there can be some latency issues by picking a JP Data Center and living in NA. Finding a LS/FC on each server is easy enough but finding a server that has a good community couls be difficult. My suggestion is to either join Ultros, which is the official zam.com server where a lot of these posters play or, join a Role Playing (RP) Server. RP Servers depend on a good community and friendship so you would expect that to work in your favor. Click HERE for info on that but it seems Balmung (Legacy Server) and Gilgamesh (Non-Legacy) are the two main RP Servers.Its up to you how you want to go. I am on Excalibur and it seems pretty nice .



Don’t ignore job quests and don’t ignore the starting side quests and leves. They are meant to teach you how to play the game. It is a very good tutorial. Do not just speed through them. Same advice for the job quests, on every job. It teaches you the function of the skill you are learning and how to use it. Use those tools. Also, low level dungeons are a great way to practice and get exp while doing it.



Materials do make you money but money is so easy to make in this game its not an issue. There are tons of outlets. If you need a lot of money, crafting and gathering are probably your highest yields. Selling gear, like an Astral Ring or Monster Signa in FFXI are things of the past.

I appreciate the offer but I worry that I play so late at night 11pm EST to 3am EST that I'd rarely see any one :P

Yep. I'm almost never on before 10, more usually 11, and routinely stay on until 2 or later even on weeknights. I just catch up on sleep on the weekend.

Valk Ayree or Katarh Mest can give you an invite. One or the other of us should be on this evening.

What level do I need to be to join a FC?

Also is there anyone on right now that can invite me if I can get in at level 8 or 9?

Baelnic Underfoot if you see me :)

Edited, Mar 14th 2014 4:58pm by baelnic