I'm finally getting FFXI, and I was reading up, preparing (), and I was wondering if any of you peoples could help me with a few things.

First of all, I've read everything I could find, and I read a lot about the classes, but I've never actually played the game, so I can't apply the statistics to basic knowledge of the game and magically know how each race, class, and so forth actually feel. So, what is the overall difference between the classes and races in the game? Particularly the beginning.

Also, what, by your oppinion, is the best starting location?

Oh yeah, I was wondering, can you delete characters? Like, completely erase them if you don't like how the game is working, and then start over anew, without having the deleted character?

And um, last one is , how do Moogles tie in with the game? I haven't been able to find anything about them, and that would make me cry/go into seclusion/poison all the tacos in the world... and the list goes on.
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Thanks in advance!