Quote Originally Posted by Spectreman View Post
King, the official forums are really bad for newcomers. BGforums and FFXIAH forums are better and more populated. Also get used to BlueGartr and FFXIAH sites, they will be your primary font of information.
They've been around longer, chronologically speaking- BG tends to be more technical/expert level info, FFXIAH is a bit more newbie friendly. But I've always said the best info source is a friendly group of linkshell folks, thanks to the learning curve this game delivers.

It's one of those things about the "world" nowadays- much more centralized, which means the original starting areas tend to isolate new players from what they need most.