Hello!

New player to FFXIV:ARR. I have a few questions:

1. I notice that the official forum posting restrictions are incredibly severe. I like to be pretty active on the forums of an MMO I play, so I was wondering if there are any UN official forums that players have gone to instead.

2. A friend has this game, he got it a bit before me. He's now lvl 10 and counting, and i'm still on lvl 2. Is there a way we can team up for quests wothout him power-levelling me, and without me being useless or him being overpowered on our respective quests?

3. I note that I have a 20-second sprint power. Can I expect any faster travel speed in future? Mounts, perhaps?