New and so so lost.....

Purchased the game a few months back when it was on sale at gamestop but my PC couldn't handle it so I put it up in the closet. Just upgraded my rig a little and found the box and decided to see if I could run it. Runs at max settings and I have to say the game looks gorgeous. But I have no clue what to do lol. Any help that can be passed along would be much appreciated. If there is a ls that doesn't mind helping out with questions from time to time I would love to join.

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Step one, go to the tavern and pick up some leve quests. Its up to you if you want to level crafting gathering or fighting one at a time or all at once, and how many classes in those divisions (DoL DoH DoW DoM) you want to level at once. You will receive experience, gil, gear, food and materials as rewards.

I personally took botany and carpentry to 50 first, then worried about fighting classes later. I've never had any issues with gil, but I also never really got into the fun parts of this game until after my DoL and DoH were leveled up, resulting in me quitting a few times. Mind you the game back then is a lot different from the game of today. It all comes down to what you enjoy the most and what you want from this game. :)

Just for clarification, you can make money without having a DoL or DoH leveled, the downside to not having them is having to outsource for repairs and materials. At the end of the day it comes down to whether or not you would like committing genocide against a species or two for hours on end, or would you prefer hacking at trees for hours on end. (Just f.y.i. If you are a stoner, hacking at trees can be very amusing)

EDIT: Oh and one more helpful tidbit of info. If you go to your journal located in your main menu. At the bottom of every quest description there is a map button that shows you where exactly you need to go. This is the most important feature for questing. If you ever ask "where do I have to go for x quest?", the most likely response will be silence.

List of Guides and Resources

In addition, reading over the newbie section of this guide could be useful.

Beyond that, you might try looking for answers to your specific questions in the New Player Help forum, or asking them there.

If I was on Excalibur I'd offer to help myself.

open your journal. try to follow the stroryline quests. read everything you can, make some friends, and try to have fun :)

it gets a whole lot easier.

good luck.

P.S.- I guess this is an indication of how hard the newcomer experience is for now. as far as I know, everything with the starter experience will be updated and improved in patch 2.0. so try to hang in there :)

thanks for all the info. Im gonna read through the guides and see how it all goes when I log tonight.

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Originally Posted by Kazukya

thanks for all the info. Im gonna read through the guides and see how it all goes when I log tonight.

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Good luck, and don't be afraid make a /shout in Uldah inquiring about a linkshell.

hello there Kazukya, let me first off say welcome to the game and our server :D

id be glad to answer any questions you may have about the game (provided im not busy with endgame content of course).
just send me a tell in game (character name "Ryligh Kell") or you can ask it here

also, i know that getting into that game without playing 11 or looking into the mechanics can seem like a tidal wave of info to figure out, but just remember, pace yourself and choose what you think would be useful to playing. its easier to select something and focus on that instead of looking at everything

and lastly, once you settle down and know the basics and such, if you are needing help with patch notes/seasonal events.
i have a youtube account where i make videos explaining all of the major things (class changes, new quests, new bosses, ect.) *new videos coming out in the next few days*
if you would like to visit my page to take a look at these videos just click on the links below.

Channel Page: http://www.youtube.com/user/hypnotic...7?feature=mhee
Final Fantasy XIV related videos playlist: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...ature=view_all
Patch video play list: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...ature=view_all

i hope this helped you out, and i hope you have a great time playing this game.

Hey hypnotic,

In the process of checking those sites out now. I have played XI just not a huge amount. I hope to meet some good people and have an overall good time while im here. Again thank you to everyone for the info.

Im a stoner, looking for new stoner friends.