New to this completely

[Urthdigger]

thanks for the quick replys and i have been doing fairly well *i think anyawys haha* oh what are the slots on my gear I am now finally getting gear through quests and random chests and I'm assuming i craft to make jewels for it but thought i'd ask..

and should i use the airship to travel elsewhere? will i get quests around my level? and what level intervals do the story quests start? i got one when i started then level 8 what's the next level?

You're talking about that little orb? That's for materia. You slot it in, and it boosts stats. To make materia, you use gear until the spiritbond guage maxes out. Once you've done a quest (think it unlocks at 18) you can turn gear with a full gauge into materia. To attach materia to gear, you need a few things: You need a high enough craft, you need a catalyst (gotten by gathering in certain areas, must complete a quest to get the skill to make it drop), and you need to do a quest to unlock the ability to do so. In addition, certain materia only goes on certain slots: You can slot intelligence and mind into a hat, but not strength for example. It all sounds really complicated on paper, but once you mess around with it some, it's easy to get into.

Feel free to use the airship constantly. It takes you between the three starting cities of Limsa Lominsa, Ul'dah, and Gridania. All three cities have the same features, as far as levelling goes: They all have new camps every 10 levels (with 2 camps for each range starting at 30), guildleves you can accept, quests to do, and guilds for accepting quests.

As far as quests go, it's not a clear "every X levels". I believe by the time you hit 20, you'll be able to do four quests in the main storyline. Speaking of quests however, at level 20 you'll be able to do a guild quest at your guild for xp and lore. You get another at 30, and a final one at 36. This is for EVERY class, even disciplines of land and hand. For disciplines of War and Magic only, however, they also are able to quests to unlock jobs at 30, with new quests every 5 levels to unlock new abilities, and the last 2 supplying you with a full set of artifact armor.

[Shardik]

Feel free to use the airship constantly. It takes you between the three starting cities of Limsa Lominsa, Ul'dah, and Gridania. All three cities have the same features, as far as levelling goes: They all have new camps every 10 levels (with 2 camps for each range starting at 30), guildleves you can accept, quests to do, and guilds for accepting quests.

As far as quests go, it's not a clear "every X levels". I believe by the time you hit 20, you'll be able to do four quests in the main storyline. Speaking of quests however, at level 20 you'll be able to do a guild quest at your guild for xp and lore. You get another at 30, and a final one at 36. This is for EVERY class, even disciplines of land and hand. For disciplines of War and Magic only, however, they also are able to quests to unlock jobs at 30, with new quests every 5 levels to unlock new abilities, and the last 2 supplying you with a full set of artifact armor.

I don't mean to hijack the thread or anything, but I have a question on that. I used to play FFXI years ago, and was never able to get new jobs at 30, because they usually required a group and a much higher level. Will I be able to get a job and do all the quests at the levels they unlock, and do em solo? And afterwards, can I level as the job instead of a class or will I not gain levels that way?