Yeah I think I've cracked it. It's a case of forgetting everything I know and learning anew.
Loving my new class (arcanist). Think Ill be sticking with this one.
I was trying to get the money off my old character to feed my new character and someone on the net came up with the great idea of putting a broken twig on the market for 50,000 gil and then my old character would buy it. It's a win-win. Even if another player snipes my twig I still get gil. Sadly I can't seem to put stuff on the market yet. I'm guessing this becomes unlocked at later levels.