Returning Player Seeking Knowledge

[Shadowsong]

Prove otherwise.

No YOU prove it... /sigh see how logic like yours fails?

My girlfriend started playing 3 weeks ago; has 2 99s, rank 10, full af3+2, toau + CoP + ZM + Abyssea win, and is on Buhkis for her empy. She COULDN'T have, you know, read the 900 FFXI forums or 3 full time Wikis, nah that's impossible, she had to play her jobs for 300+ hours before she learns how to cure and weapon skill!

Edit: I suppose I should stay on topic;
Things you dont have to do anymore;
1) city rank passed 6
2) the majority of fame
3) most/all gear below level 50 (in all honestly below lvl ~80, i leveled DNC naked with daggers from 0-85)
4) Gil is almost a worthless currency now. I would go as far to say if you shout saying you are a new player, someone will give you a few million to get started.
5) AF or Relic (a few situational pieces may still be viable)
6) Besieged, Conquest, Einherjar, Limbus (people still do conquest when they do Voidwatches, but that's a different story)
7) No more need to ever level PLD (lol)
8) Some sub jobs have completely been outdated and others have become viable, so make sure you level the right ones to not waste time
9) Running, i'm exhaggerating here but there have become an extreamly large number of ways to teleport around the world instantly. Abyssea maws, synergy earrings, voidwatch warps, and they even added an NPC to instantly teleport you to BCNM arenas.
10) You definately will have a much easier time finding help for things like your limit break and stuff. Everyone is a LOT nicer now than they used to be, like how my friends who just started have all been helped extensively without even having to shout more than once.