Quote Originally Posted by Kailika View Post
Ok first thing I'll do after writing this is check the "lodestone's play guide." I enjoy reading and learning more about the game so thank you for that link Estellios.

I came to this game from World of Warcraft so I would have never guessed you were supposed to grind monsters to level fast. World of Warcrafts leveling is all just following quest hub to quest hub, and you get such little exp for randomly killing monsters your level that it's never worth it. Now that I know it's a good idea to seek out mobs my level and kill them, I'll do that while saving up some Level quests.

Ok so story quests just come available to me as I level... Lol I was looking all over for where to travel to in order to progress through the story.

Why is Ul'dah so popular? I didn't think the desert looked nice which is why I chose Gridania. I'm happy to know I can travel to any of the 3 cities at any time without consequence. Is there an easy way to find a Linkshell other than sit in the city and ask everyone 1 by 1 if I can join? I don't want to be annoying haha

Alright, I'm going to head back in the game and figure some stuff out. I've been talking to every single NPC hoping the game will make more and more sense. So happy my thread got so many replies and in a short amount of time.
The reason Ul'dah is so popular is because the story quests lead there, and so most people end up there for the majority of their leveling experience. As a result, people have naturally migrated their bazaar retainers to Ul'dah, and so after the game has been up as long as it has, pretty much it's to the point where virtually everyone uses Ul'dah as the primary hub of the game (think Orgrimmar or Stormwind; those are really good comparisons).

Basically, if you're coming from WoW, the best thing you could do is to find some good in-game friends who can teach you the ettiquette of FF XIV. It's dramatically different from WoW, and around here you can set people off in ways you don't want simply by doing things that you may be accustomed to doing.

Welcome, and hope you enjoy your journey!