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You are about to start on an Epic Journey. One that will test your mettle, brains, guts, and courage. You will make many friends along the way. But the journey is dangerous, so take this with you... Hey we all have to start somewhere.
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|[[File:Main_Command_36_Icon.png|left|link=]]To begin the game one must create a character. The process involves choosing a race and appearance, a starting job and associated location, and a server on which to play. The in-game creation process is straightforward, although there are a lot of background facts and lore than might not be immediately apparent to the beginner player.
Final Fantasy XIV is a Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game. You will be playing with other players from across the world. From different Cultures, and some even speak different Languages. Please be considerate of other players while playing. This style of game benefits you more when you have friends, not enemies.  
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==Getting Started==
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===Installation===
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===Account Setup===
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|valign="top"|''[[Character Creation]].''
===Creating Your First Character===
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''Main article: [[Character Creation]]''
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After Installing the Game Client and setting up your Square Enix Account, You will be able to log in. If you have no characters yet you will have an empty character slot that says "New". Click on this slot to proceed to character creation.
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Character creation is pretty straight forward, But you must follow the following Steps in order before continuing.
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*First you must select a [[:Category:Races|Race]]. (Each Clan has different starting attribute and elemental resistance scores.)
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*Second you must select a Gender and [[:Category:Clans|Clan]]. ([[Roegadyn]], [[Miqote]] and [[Highlanders|Highland Hyur]] currently don't have opposing Gender Choices)
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*Third you will have the choice of picking a premade appearance.
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|valign="top"|''[[Allegiance]].''
*Fourth you can customize the Skin Color, Face, Hair, Hair Color, and other Appearance Features.
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*Fifth you get to select your [[:Category:Disciplines|Discipline]], then your Starting Class. (Starting class only determines your starting [[:Category:Equipment|equipment]] and gives no other bonuses.)
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*Sixth you get to chose your characters Nameday, Similar to a birthday, and a [[:Category:Deities|Guardian]]. (Currently no bonuses are given from these but may be implemented later.)
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*Now select your World Server.
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*Now you can chose your Name. If your name is not available you may be asked to rename your character before joining the world of your choice.(You must have a First and Last Name, Each name can be between 3 and 12 characters.)
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*After naming your character you get to chose your starting nation. (You are not pledging any allegiance in FFXIV, The starting nation only determines where you start and which storyline you encounter first, but you can play through all of them without any penalties.)
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Revision as of 21:07, 23 September 2014

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To begin the game one must create a character. The process involves choosing a race and appearance, a starting job and associated location, and a server on which to play. The in-game creation process is straightforward, although there are a lot of background facts and lore than might not be immediately apparent to the beginner player.
Type Description
Character Creation. Final Fantasy XIV features a comprehensive character creation system which allows players to customize their avatars. Once a race and clan have been selected, players can proceed to choose from a wide variety of face types and hair styles. From there, detailed adjustments can be made to elements such as hair, skin, and eye color, as well as mouth, nose and eye shape.
Races. The races are the playable sentient humanoid species that inhabit Eorzea. There are eight playable races. Each race has two separate clans, which have separate histories in the lore.
Allegiance. Allegiance is the city-state to which you are loyal. There are three city-states that players may obtain an allegiance with: Limsa Lominsa, Ul'dah, and Gridania. The city in which a character begins does not determine their allegiance, the allegiance of a player is decided when they enlist in a Grand Company at level 20 as part of the Main Scenario Storyline. Moreover, a player is allowed to change their Grand Company/allegiance after their initial selection, although doing so will result in the loss of any previously obtained Company Rank.
Disciplines. In general, there is a fourfold classification of adventurers based on the disciplinary paths to which they devote themselves. Battle classes are either a Disciple of War, masters of arms who live for the call of combat, or a Disciple of Magic, erudite researchers of all things esoteric. Non-combat classes can be either a Disciple of the Land, gatherers of material resources and students of the natural order, or a Disciple of the Hand, crafters who invest their creative ingenuity in synthesis and industry.
Deity. The world of Hydaelyn is home to a plethora of races and civilizations. Each culture seems to have a very different idea of what is "divine."
Servers. Servers, also known as Worlds, are individual, concurrently running instances of Final Fantasy XIV's setting, Eorzea, on which players reside. Multiple servers exist because the population of the game as a whole is too large to fit into a single world.