Quote Originally Posted by synergyls1 View Post
ah okay great! i'll definitely have to do that when I get home. Does anyone have any advice on where to start/what to do? Any ideas what craft to start either?
The quests will lay out a path for you. Follow the storyline quests chain (these have a unique icon pointed out to you at the start), do your class quests (one right at the start, one every five levels thereafter), and sidequests to level sufficiently to keep the storyline chain going, and you should do fine. You won't be able to change classes until you do the level 10 class quest for your starting class. I'd advise holding off on crafting or gathering until you reach level 17 in the storyline and unlock retainers; the additional storage space and ability to sell things on the market will be needed. It will likely take you a few days to get that far, and you may have ideas of your own on what you want to craft by that point. And good luck! The new FFXIV is, in my opinion, a great game. I hope you'll enjoy it.