Playing with your significant other

[Shougun]

I'd say Bard or other highly mobile jobs (easy to dodge, no cast times, no positional - good intro to gaming, unless she's naturally gifted).. Red Mage might be another good choice (which you can't start as lol). Would also help if you can greatly reduce queue times with her when when you need (I see you have a healer so that's good).

Tank and a healer combo would be cute, but that's going to be a lot of dungeons of her getting peeled in early content because everyone is OP and tanks only have part of their kit and also that responsibility stress like healers have later (which she may or may not like, so that's a bit more dangerous first try job).

Although job identity is pretty important, even if it's maybe not the easiest first job. If they LOVE magic and hate brute force sweaty spartan then urging them to be warrior would probably quickly kill the game.

I'd maybe get a few ideas together for hanging out outside of the core, like helping her to unlock dye/glamour on time, golden saucer fun, and other systems like DoL/DoH, "maybe" pvp if you're into it, an apartment if she likes yours/share housing, some beautiful places to stop by, and some other cadence breakers just in case the journey gets a bit too same same/long (that MSQ is going to be a very long journey lol). Be careful rushing that journey, because it's basically un-rushable unless you just intend to skip everything. Selling 100 hours of pressing "skip cutscene" is going to be a hard sell , so make sure it doesn't feel like a chore by like "COME ON SKIP IT YOU CAN SEE IT LATER" lol. Rather be patient or even interested in revelations (that you'll already know) or help her out by having some of the silly items like the "soup" quest prepared in advance. Patience will be important :P (maybe bring some fishing supplies so you can twiddle your thumbs peacefully while you wait).

Keep an eye on job quest . I'd also spend a little time after she's played a bit (probably wont know what she likes right away, cause it's a new game) or a number of abilities are added to make sure her hotkeys, UI, bar, and all that isn't a mess (especially in her opinion, not yours haha ). Maybe she can check yours and let you know when something should be improved/changed.

Also don't forget to use the buddy invite a friend thing for the bonus teleport item, exp, and other goodies. That and to pick up your free heavensward copy.

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...riend_recruit/

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...4d62177375d0f2

[Kyomagi]

I got my wife into Ragnarok online years ago, so when FFXIV 1.0 Alpha came out, i hyped the crap out of it and when we both got in, she was hooked. Both of us play to this day

[CaffeineHound]

I got my other half playing and now she absolutely loves it; it was her first computer game ever! I'd say get her started up but let her do what she wants and get acclimatised, whether that be choosing a job and running with it through the MSQ OR switching to fisher and going fishing wherever she likes the look of. When I got my wife started she discovered botanist and rolled with it. Remember that you might not have such a good time if you had someone making you do a certain thing, so avoid anything past guidance, if she's enjoying whatever she finds I say roll with it and she's more likely to stay. Curiosity will get her through the story at some point more than likely.

Sorry for the text wall and I hope this is of some use!

[Jkap_Goat]

My significant other is my pet dog

[Crystal_Raven]

My significant other is my pet dog

Edited out. I read that horribly wrong.

[HellSpawnHero]

I would suggest guiding him/her to starting with dps to get the hang of mechanics. Typically playing a class that aligns with irl interests helps. My partner is into gambler archetypes so started as machinist. But if you play as a tank or healer you can encourage your partner to supplement your playstyle if you have good synergy. Me and my partner do the tank/healer combo and it's always good fun to push each others skills with big pulls/clutch heals

[NessaWyvern]

Those who play together stay together :P but yeah, I actually met my husband playing this game, so we were both playing together before our relationship even started :P

[Aramyn89]

Thank you all for the advice
Looking forward to trying it with her later tonight.

[legione]

brd ofc , always been the job for kids who cant read good and who wanna learn to do other stuff good too ...

ciao

[Anienai]

Anyone have any luck getting there spouse/partner into this game? I'd like to get my girlfriend to play this with me but it would be her first mmo and she's not much of a gamer either. She says she is willing to try though.

Any tips or suggestions to ease her into it? She would be on ps4.
What do you think is the most starter friendly class?

Tell her to level a Warrior and roll a fem roe.