Should I be worried about Heavensward as a new player?

[Kinseykinz]

I wouldn't worry to much because a lot of people will be re rolling the new race. You have a lot of vets who have been itching to do something new and the new race is that.

But unless they are really into roleplaying, you don't need to 'reroll' to be the new race, drink a Fantasia, log out>log back in>re-edit your entire character, and you're set. You can even pay for a name change if you so desire. All your character progression,gear, items,gil, etc is saved though. So the new race won't force many to 'restart'.