I started playing in Beta Phase III for 2.0. After being so crushed when I heard the game was scrapped (1.0) that when I heard they were "re-making" it I was so excited.
1. First thing I did was gather all the quests in Gridania and explored the city. I then decided on Bard and went to the Archer's guild to get started...man those were the days of having crappy armor and being so happy to level off level 1 mobs...LOL.