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Does it matter which world I pick? Can I easily have friends join me on these worlds if I sucker a few friends into joining me?
They have a world transfer service so, if they decide to join you later on and don't start on your world, yes they can just swap over for a nominal fee.
What world to start on? It doesn't matter at this point in the game because everything has evened out and the economies are set. Well I think so anyway. What you do want to know is the FC/LS rates, NA/JP/EU Server HUBS, Social ability/Community of the world.
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HERE for location of Data Centers there can be some latency issues by picking a JP Data Center and living in NA. Finding a LS/FC on each server is easy enough but finding a server that has a good community couls be difficult. My suggestion is to either join Ultros, which is the official zam.com server where a lot of these posters play or, join a Role Playing (RP) Server. RP Servers depend on a good community and friendship so you would expect that to work in your favor. Click
HERE for info on that but it seems Balmung (Legacy Server) and Gilgamesh (Non-Legacy) are the two main RP Servers.Its up to you how you want to go. I am on Excalibur and it seems pretty nice .
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I've read quite a few beginners guides and what not but what is the dumbest thing I can do right off the bat in game?
Don’t ignore job quests and don’t ignore the starting side quests and leves. They are meant to teach you how to play the game. It is a very good tutorial. Do not just speed through them. Same advice for the job quests, on every job. It teaches you the function of the skill you are learning and how to use it. Use those tools. Also, low level dungeons are a great way to practice and get exp while doing it.
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This game has been running for a while so I'd assume that the economy is goofed already but I find that selling mats to high level crafters always makes money. Is that still true in this game?
Materials do make you money but money is so easy to make in this game its not an issue. There are tons of outlets. If you need a lot of money, crafting and gathering are probably your highest yields. Selling gear, like an Astral Ring or Monster Signa in FFXI are things of the past.