Welcome Jimsvaliant nice of you to join our FFXIV community one thing I didn't see so far is helpful websites you could visit.. YG ( yellow gremlin pre sure, just google YG ff14) and Mooglebox ( google it also, at work so cant provide links)
and there is a great gathering location site also.. pre sure its disciplesofthehand.com or replace hand with land.. someone will be able to probably provide you all the links.. at work for another 5hrs ; ;