I'm also a recent starter to FFXIV and I am loving it! I was not sure what class to concentrate upon so I held back on doing the first dungeon until I had got all "combat" classes to at least level 15 so I had a decent idea what each was about (and I got good cross skills). I now know what classes I will probably enjoy the most and which ones I may prefer put off levelling. What blows me away is the amount of stuff to do (that is not really well documented) and how gorgeous the game looks.