Thanks for the informative answers everyone! A few more questions though, Are stats like Accuracy, Crit, VIt, etc. still applicable for mage jobs, or would I need to look out for a different set of effects like magic acc. and such? Or is that line of thinking a little bit too FFXI? haha. I'll check the auction house for foods with those stats, I'm just used to the notion that they were more for physical-damage dealing classes and I hadn't been paying them any attention.

And Urthdigger, I love how in-depth your reply was. One thing I've been wondering about too is skill levels. Does it work the same way in xiv as it did in xi, etc. Will I need to pay attention to keeping different skills capped as I level, or is this more automatic in xiv? I haven't quite figured out how to tell where I am skillwise, still learning my way around the in-game menus. Also, your name is very familiar. Were you ever on Unicorn in XI? If so, I was Nymphadora.