I'm Thinking of Selling My Soul to the Digital Devil...

[Markus. D]

What's the wrong way? Besides a the points Yeargdribble mentioned as well as asking annoying questions that the game has easy access to the answers for. I know that begging for things like equipment and gil are a no-no. Are there any others?

Just general meanie-ness to others ^^, Most folk in-game are definetly willing to help you get started and give you some tips on things you will have to be prepared for in future (well, the folk that know the term "We all have to start somewhere").

Sounds good, I do like the fact you switch out job classes. I can't say the races really impress me too much I'm afraid (still angry that my moogles are not options ) The job classes should be quite nice to play as. Do you get access to all of them from the start or do you need to unlock them through quests? I thought I heard something about this, I'm curious to know.

The advanced jobs (Bard, Blue Mage, Dark Knight, Ninja, Puppetmaster, Samurai, Beastmaster, Corsair, Dragoon, Paladin, Ranger and Summoner) all have some extremely tricky quests (well... most of them, some quick and others tedious), you have choice to 6 classes when you start (Warrior, Monk, Thief, White Mage, Black Mage and Redmage) but don't rule them out as useless as most (if not ALL) starting classes can hold there own (In other words... all classes have unique abilities that make them a core need for different situations, Mage jobs are loved in most parties and so is the Bard).

Who are the RMT? How important is money in the game? Also, how well does SE actually respond to the community?

Nasty nasty people called Real Money Traders... unfortunately you will need ALOT of money (Bards only need a few million) and they GM quite strictly when it comes to botting, RTM etc.

Are the job classes pretty balanced or are some classes extremely overpowered while others have been nerfed to near obsoletion?

All classes are fairly balanced at most times, there are some ovcourse overpowered classes (Blue Mage >_____> among a couple of others) and some the community shun completely for past nerfs (despite they are still very useful).