So i got FFXIV to go along with my new gaming laptop.

Never played the original but wanted to check this out cause SE gained a LOT of respect from me for going back to the drawing board with this rather than just going F2P and milking the game till it died.

Anyhow, I am playing on Faerie, got to level 10 thus far. A few questions.

1) how exactly does a Marauder tank? Since it uses a 2 hander i am assuming that its tanking is AOE-based?

2) why dont people talk in general channels? Very lonely experience for a new player starting out that doesnt know anyone.

3) is there a good video out there that highlights the differences between 1.0 and this?

4) just how drastic was the change anyway? What percent of the game hasnt changed from the first version to the remake?