1. Not sure. Don't flame, or post pics of people's names though.

2. Do leves. Goggle search it. Can get to level 15 in about 2 hours at most.

3. Around level 20 following storyline you get chocobo mount.

5. Takes a while, dying hurts more. Cheap to repair. I know I skipped 4.

6. Most people can know just arr.

7. There is three. You pick before you get mount.

8. You can skip. On Playstation it's OK unsure on pc.