Brand new player hello/help

[VydarrTyr]

If you have any other questions that aren't answered through the Lodestone, Robert's been here giving amazing and wonderful advice pretty much since launch. There are lots of people around who have tons of knowledge and are willing to share it with noobs like you and I. So feel free to come back and ask.

One tip I'd offer is to consider leveling all your classes to around level 10. Besides just giving you some diversity in gameplay, the first 10 or so levels tend to have some really good basic skills that can be equipped on all your classes. For example, leveling Pug to 6 will give you Second Wind, which is an automatic self-heal. You can then equip Second Wind on any other class. So leveling Pug to 6 will help all your classes.

Some other helpful cross-class skills:
Conjurer: Cure (2), Protect (6), and Raise (18)
Arc: Decoy (2), and Hawk's Eye (6)
Glad: Rampart (2)
Lnc: Feint (4), Invigorate (14)
Marauder: Bloodbath (6)

Oh! One other tip: Like Robert said, find a Linkshell. The game is so much more fun -- and so much more easy -- when you're playing with other people. The community in FFXIV is generally great -- mature, knowledgeable players -- and they'll keep you coming back and playing for a long, long time.