Noob Question...

Thanks, I'm a bit lost with the missions right now but leveling has been pretty fun. What level do I need to be to change job classes?

You can change to any of the initial jobs any time you want, but you will start from level 1 if you haven't leveled that job before. To do the advanced jobs (which are most of them) you will need to do a specific quest and you must be level 30 to start it.

Don't make macros with lots of unneccesary text in them.

Personally, i hate stuff like "Cure 2-> Playername". If it matters to you, there is a battle log message saying the exact same thing, and if it matters to you, you can change the colour of these log messages to be easier to notice in your config menu. Same goes for weapon skills and other job abilities. The text scrolls fast enough in battle already, 50 extra lines of redundant text is just annoying.

On the other hand, it's a good idea to have a status macro that you can use to tell people how much TP, HP and MP you have, to remind them that you are either ready to use a weapon skill (if you skillchain with someone, which sadly is a bit rare these days), are in urgent need of healing, or need to rest for more MP.

Also, some advanced job quests can easily be done solo at level 30, someone can be soloed at 30 with some difficulty, and some you'll absolutely need help with when you're level 30. Samurai and Ninja belong in the last category, for example, while ranger can easily be soloed and doesn't involve any fighting at all.

Which server are you at, Wolf Kanno?

Thanks for the good info.

I'm on Odin server with a good friend of mine. I've been playing again recently but I haven't bothered him to play with me yet. I was hoping to do some serious leveling and get a few minor quests out of the way before he and I started partying together.

I love excessive text macros.

'Light of the heavens, scorch the eyes of my foes and blind them in their rage towards me...{Flash}!'

Also:

The best Boost macro ever.

I would have kicked you from my party, Del.