New Player Tips

[Crovax]

a helpful tid bit any class that's not your highest lvl gets 50% exp bonus from mobs

Oh very nice. I thought they said it scaled with the level difference-Did they change it so it is a straight number/percantage now?

[Rowandax]

good to know daiceman

[Ruanark]

a helpful tid bit any class that's not your highest lvl gets 50% exp bonus from mobs

Not entirely true.

Only Disciples of War and Magic benefit from the 50% exp buff. Disciples of the Hand and Land get NO bonus exp (though crafters and gatherers are extremely unlikely to be able to kill many mobs). Also note that the 50% exp bonus is not just from mobs, but also FATEs.

[CatofNineTails]

Don't be afraid to explore you get XP for every new area you visit.

[EdenArchangel]

Best advice?

Join a legacy server.

[Arriverderci]

Best advice?

Join a legacy server.

My advice: Fish! Because fishing is fun!
Yay fishing!
Also, I think later we can sky fish! Yay for the fish!
BE A MIQO'TE! We rule da worlds!

[cattboy]

Best advice?

Join a legacy server.

Why do you say that?

I see legacy servers coming with Baggage...

I'd rather start a fresh economy than restart a tarnished one.

[laoni]

If you plan on levelling up multiple jobs, leave the quests in the cities other than your starter cities alone (Other than storyline of course). It'll make your first class a little harder, but ease up on the second classes.

Keep up on your hunting log, it's easy exp and doesn't take long to do it. To kill two birds with one stone, many are quest mobs too. If they kept it in, also, some were dungeon mobs, so it was best to have it done when you were running through

Aetherial gear (Pink) from dunegons actually has randomised bonus stats on it. Even if it's the same item as you have, check to see if it's an upgrade to what you have, if it's not, consider passing on it so someone else can grab it.

Alt + R is how you reply to tells, and if you want to repeat something you've recently said (Or if you messed up your chat channel), press up when you've clicked inside the chat box, it'll have the most recent thing you've said so you don't have to type it out again.

From what I've seen, they haven't nerfed FATE exp (Rather, they've boosted it with the 50% exp bonus for secondary classes) so if you see a FATE, go try and do it! It's a lot of EXP for very little work, and in some cases, can be faster than dungeon EXP.

Leves, IMO, are best used for gathering and crafting classes over battle classes. They don't get the bonus exp that battle classes do, so leves are a very good supplemental to just grinding recipes/farming. Also, if you turn in a HQ item to a crafting leve, you get a 300% bonus!

Even though you can buy dyes at level 1, you can't dye your equipment until you complete a Lvl 15 quest over in Vesper Bay (Near Horizon in Western Thanalan). There's a dye seller in every one of the big cities with a lot of choice once you can dye.

Don't be afraid to ask for help! For every jerk out there, there'll be more wanting to help you out there.

[Alben]

*Take some time to fix up your HUD Layout/Sizes so some things are easier to see or just make looking at certain areas easier~

*Flank = Side and Behind = Back for some skills normally for LNC/DRGs and PGL/MNKs^^ Always use the positions indicated by the skill to get the most out of it such as Bootshine(Opener: Any position) >True Strike (Behind) >Snap Punch (Flank) > Bootshine (Behind since 100% crit at Opo-Opo form after Snap Punch) as a Lower lvl 1st combo~

*Save your 100% Spiritbond equipment till you can turn them into Materia~

*Eat food! +3% adds up~

*Some FATEs reward Minions! Or Allows purchase of certain minions from NPC Merchants~

*Be sure to try out all the different classes because you might just suprise yourself that ya like another even more than what you planned on~

*Take Screenshots with L1+Start on PS3 can check the log if it saved or not~

*Explore! Just simply looking around slowly shows how amazing the world looks and can be missed if always in a rush~

*Quests,FATE,Achievements names are hilarious!

*Be nice

[Kilos_Ataraxias]

a helpful tid bit any class that's not your highest lvl gets 50% exp bonus from mobs

I did not know this, that is very welcome knowledge.