Looking to clarify something

[Yves]

Hello, new player here and im trying to find out if this is true.

Someone told me i could quest for all of my gear in ffxiv. My ls isnt very helpful and no one will answer me on this so i came to as you guys. Is this true? and if so how do i go about doing this?

Im stilling running around with lv 8 gear at 15 lol

You can farm the lower-tier NM's with a small group when you get a bit higher for some gear that should take you from 35-50. I only say this because by the time you hit 45 you are looking at a 2-4 hour grind to nail 50.

Some other tips:

1. Find a better linkshell suited to your situation. Get in an "up and coming" LS and build relationships through the journey together. Some people believe MMO to be all about end-game but I value the "multiplayer" concept.
2. If you can't find one, make your own and invite people you party with!
3. Be helpful when you can. Even offering to help goes a long ways because, to your amazement, people will a) pay it back someday and b) hopefully they will pay it forward.
4. Don't get caught up in the rush to hit 50 - enjoy the aspects of the game that you want to at the pace that you want to.
5. Use the seek function and also use the /sh method in uldah to build parties.
6. Be honest if you don't know. Pretending will only get you in hot water. Tonight we responded to a moogle /sh and four people said it was their first time. We won 4/5 which is pretty nice for a pick-up group but only because we knew what we had on our hands.
7. Kind of the same as 6 but ask if you don't know. If someone is a doosh then they aren't really worth playing with to begin with.
8. Level a DoL to make cash. The money isn't in cars - it's in oil. Raw materials fetch way more money (generally) then finished items. Exceptions are potions and high-level food.

Welcome to the game and good luck~

[Zaaku]

Some very sound advice. Do NOT pick up a DoH to make gil. It is an abnormal spatial tear in space time but the classes meant to create gil actually consume it like a financial blackhole.

Gathering classes pump out straight profit and only require an investment of time, which is what you're in for synth away in Uldah anyways, and can be sold to either players or NPC's quickly. You won't get as much gil compared to high level crafting BUT you can start making a return on investment within days instead of weeks and honestly it doesn't take that much money to level up. You can go from 1-50 on most classes for only about 250k which is more then obtainable between leves and selling shines you find.

Before AH crafting was still a tremendous risk and only had real payoffs for the high level players or the clever ones. If you cannot figure out how I made 2.7 mil gil selling items all below Lvl.28 in 2 days then I sure as crap ain't gunna tell you. Now that AF is a comfortable replacement for melded gear and can only be truly bested by high risk double or triple melds the economy has kinda tanked. Getting into it now is like swimming up a waterfall. Just go fool around and live cheaply. The gil will follow after you have your first 50 DoW or DoM.


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[Yelta_Sumasu]

Others have covered the gear question pretty well but I wanted to suggest you find additional linkshells, you can hold several pearls.

A good LS can make or break your enjoyment in this game. Post in your server forum for help. Also, some people reported success shouting for a newbie friendly shell in Ul'dah.