Ill agree with the others here. Firstly, welcome to the game! Hopefully you have a great time. Secondly, this game is fairly new player friendly - whether you have previous MMO experience or not. So in general you can just go at things in game and figure most of them out. And finally, please come back and ask if you have any specific questions. The official description of this forum reads
The purpose of this forum is to provide a place for players who are new to FINAL FANTASY XIV to find a quick resolution to the questions and issues they may have by holding discussions with other players, including experienced ones.
and in practice that means new player has question, they ask, and more experienced players answer(whether its someone with a week more experience or years more). So you are certainly doing that right.