New Character Help!

[Conradus]

I definitely enjoy it so far! just a little confusing at times. So I have to do a quest every 5 levels to be able to keep leveling? and once I hit level 10 I can just change classes to any of the starter classes right?

Once you've done the level 10 class quest, you will be able to unlock another class by going to that class's guild. Since getting to the other cities is not practical until the level 15 storyline quests unlock airship travel, you won't be able to access the classes that aren't in your home city until then. Once a class is unlocked, you can switch to it simply by equipping the weapon/tool for that class (spear for Lancer, bow for Archer, saw for Carpenter, hatchet for Botanist, and so on), which you can do whenever you're not in combat.