New Pugilist Player and Other Questions

[Brightamethyst]

Welcome!

I want to hear from everyone that groans when they see one has joined their party/duty finder etc.... why? What don't you like about them? What can they do better to change your feelings about them?

While everyone has different opinions on what they think is fun to play, there aren't any classes/jobs that people actively try to avoid in parties. All jobs are fine in that respect.

(You may see people on the forums say things like 'ninja is dead', or 'astrologian is the worst healers', and the like, but that's only relevant to the VERY small group of serious min/maxers trying to push progression raids, and such. It doesn't apply to 99.9% of players.)

Where can I find the bank/auction house? Is there even one?

This game's auction house is called the Market Board. There are some in every major city and housing area. In Ul'dah (assuming, because pugilist) they're at the Sapphire Avenue Exchange in the Steps of Thal.

Banks are rolled into retainers, which can be accessed from the Summoning Bells (located near market boards, and in inn rooms.) You unlock retainers through the main story in the mid-teens.

Also, please direct this gal to a long list of abbreviations and other sayings and whatnots; so much of what people write looks like gobbledygook, it's super hard to follow.

There are a LOT of abbreviations so it may be better to just ask about anything you're specifically confused about.

Here are some of the big ones though:

MSQ - Main Scenario Quest
ARR - A Realm Reborn (aka, 2.0. The base game, everything level 50 and under)
HW - Heavensward (aka, 3.0. The first expansion, everything level 51-60)
SB - Stormblood (aka, 4.0. The second expansion, everything level 61-70)
ShB - Shadowbringers (aka, 5.0. The third and current expansion, everything level 71-80)
DF - Duty Finder
PF - Party Finder
DoW - Disciple of War (physical classes/jobs)
DoM - Disciple of Magic (caster classes/jobs)
DoH - Disciple of the Hand (crafting classes)
DoL - Disciple of the Land (gathering classes)
HM - Hard Mode (a higher level version of a lower level dungeon or trial)
EX - Extreme (an even harder version of said trial)
MB - Market Board (auction house)

[Iscah]

ARR - A Realm Reborn (aka, 2.0. The base game, everything level 50 and under)
HW - Heavensward (aka, 3.0. The first expansion, everything level 51-60)
SB - Stormblood (aka, 4.0. The second expansion, everything level 61-70)
ShB - Shadowbringers (aka, 5.0. The third and current expansion, everything level 71-80)

To add to this, the reason it starts from "2.0" is because there was an earlier version of the game with a separate storyline, no longer playable, that led up to the Calamity that happened five years before ARR begins. So you'll see people refer to "1.0" as well.