Since I am new to FF XIV and the forum I shall give a brief presentation of myself before peppering the more experienced players with questions:

I am an combination of swedish/dutch female living in sweden together with my boyfriend and our two cats. I study text and informational design but in my sparetime I enjoy reading fantasy, playing MMORPGs and drinking wine. Thats about all. Now to the questions ...

Q1. How many crafts can I learn and level at the same time? And the same question regarding gathering skills.

Q2. What are subclasses? Do I level and play them separately? How do they combine?

Q3. What are Free Companys?

Q4. Do the subclasses lead me to a new type of class? Read something about monks and bards, are they results of combined classes? Is there any thread or site were I can overlook all these combinations if there are any?

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