Wow thanks so much, both posts really helpful and much clearer than anything I found through google!

I definitely need to be reaquainted with the jobs, before I played just about everything equally, in my FC I was kind of the spare part just dropping in with whatever we needed, but my "mains" were BRD and later SCH too, I really wanted a straight utility/support role, but found that it never really existed. I've got one eye on RDM for future and from briefly hearing about Astrologian that might be fun, but as you said it seems a lot has changed jobs wise with HW and I really need to find just one job to focus on for now I think, since there is so much to be getting on with. Thanks for explaining Palace of the Dead, I heard some people talking about potd but had no idea what they were talking about >.<

When I left before it was to go back to school and I didn't really have intentions of coming back to play, so I gave all my gil to my FC, it was just before housing was due to come out, so I just gave the leaders my money and said see ya, buy a nice house! It was about 40Mil and now I think that wasn't a wise choice as shortly after the FC imploded it seems. When I came back I was the Master and no one was left in it! I spent all the guild points at the GC desk to get the expensive housing stuff, looted the guild bank and disbanded it lol. But yes, unfortunately I'm starting from scatch financially, but thats okay, I don't really mind that. I have some crafts and fishing and mining at 50, despite them only being 50, I'm sure money will come as I take them to 60.

Definitely need to find an FC, glad to see that in general the community in-game is still as friendly as abuse-free as I remember

Thanks again, really helpful for me! I really appreciate it!