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If you want Fenrir, make it a goal. It is a long term goal, and you will have to put in many hours but that is the point. He costs so much so that way your server isn't being steamrolled with Fenrir mounts.
As mentioned to you earlier, the easiest way to grind MGP is triple triad, but the biggest chunks come by winning it so you will want to incorporate both. There is an MGP event which is a drawing that works much like the lottery. The drawing is every Saturday, and you could effectively get the MGP you need in one swoop. But it isn't really anymore likely than winning the actual lotto. The other events with greater odds of winning can be repeated every 30 minutes and range from 2000-7000 MGP. Then there is cactpot which is RNG game that requires both skill and luck. It costs MGP to play and you can play three games per RL day. The winnings from this range from 36MGP-10000MGP. Be careful with cactpot, you can lose MGP just as easily as gaining it.
Do all of these things for a week, and record your daily earning/losses. Then figure out what your average is. Use this number to give you a ballpark figure in how long it will take you to grind out the MGP.
Your best approach to the game as a beginner is to just follow the MSQ. Progress from the MSQ opens up the game's features such as airship travel, getting your Grand Company, acquiring your chocobo, facing primals, and more. Everything else will all fall into place. Finding a free company can greatly help with your progress as the guild members will be able to help you in many ways.
I wish you the best of luck on your journey. Welcome to Eorzea!
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Cheers everyone, you've all been very welcoming & helpful, which is always a great start! :)
If anyone can recommend a good, active Oceanic-timezone guild on Unicorn, that's be grand also.