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So you didn't do anything in the game yet are telling us about it Kim...

I'm anxious to just get started. I tried to not get too invested before the wipe so I didn't do all that much. I played all three cities story lines then all combat classes to their level 15 quest. Had a lot of fun. On a side note when I was on my legacy character on Ridill it was a ghost town like some people were saying earlier. I created a character on my soon to be server Hyperion and it was hopping. People running around everywhere, shouted convos in almost every zone.

More like 3 hours.

Hey Kim, sorry you had such a rough go of it. To answer some of your questions, there actually are a ton of mobs that aggro, but most are level 10-15+. In the higher level zones, there are progressively more mobs that will aggro. In terms of marauder skills, you are correct that at low levels you don't have a ton of options. But once you can unlock other classes, you are able to equip cross-class skills, which really opens things up. My level 16 mrd had a pretty decent-size rotation, which changed depending on if I was solo or in a group. For solo, I would equip cross-class damage buffing skills like raging strike and internal release. For group stuff, I would equip skills like Flash, Second Wind. This really opens up the versatility a lot.

As far as FATEs, the basic premise is that you find one that's going on, join in the fray with others fighting the mobs (can be done solo or in a group), and kill everything there, or gather items, or defend NPCs, etc. At the end, you get an XP bonus for how well you contributed. It sounds like unfortunately you picked a server that wasn't very active, or were on at a time that wasn't very popular. Also, since you started in Limsa Lominsa, you were at a disadvantage numbers-wise, because there are only currently 2 classes that start there (or is it only mrd?). On launch there will be more, but right now it is less crowded.

Leves are basically like dailies in other games. They are meant to be done solo or in a group, and have scaling difficulty based on level. The higher the difficulty you choose, the more likely you are to see random treasure chests or NMs pop up in them. I think this happens more often in a group as well.

Behests are the initial group content. Think of them as group tutorials and mini-dungeons which teach you the ropes of working as a team and figuring out mechanics.

Dungeons are group content that require a bit more cooperation and take longer. They are the equivalent to dungeons in WoW basically, with mini-bosses, trash pulls, etc. They offer better loot rewards and give a substantial amount of XP.

Every class also has a hunting log, which you can fill out to level. Basically, you find mobs that are needed in the log (press H to access it) and kill them, you get a bonus when you kill enough for the entry.

At 15, you can complete your main storyline quests to gain an airship pass, which allows you to travel between all 3 cities.

That's the basics for ya, hopefully this helps and you can have better luck in open beta. I'd reccommend joining Ultros server, we have a ZAM linkshell there with tons of active, helpful people to help you out.