So I tried to come back.
I logged in to get a message saying I need to transfer, so I go to SE's site, log in and attempt to transfer. Unfortunately I cannot because I don't remember my password from when we used POL ID. The reset password option is contacting support, so now I have to wait for that.
In the mean time I decided to update my payment info on the site. Credit card keeps giving an unknown error, so I went to try the pay now option, and they gotta depost small amounts into my bank for confirmation.
Fucking pain in the ass makes me not want to come back at all. I was hoping to update in time for Sunday when my gf will be at work and I will have a load of free time. Not sure I can make it.
I don't wanna do anything crazy, just level my subjobs to 49 from 40, pick a main job to take to 99 from 75 (have PLD BLU SMN BLM RDM WHM SAM BST, picking one may be difficult), and finish wotg missions and the addon stories. With leveling supposedly being so easy nowadays I can't imagine this being too difficult if I can just log in.
EDIT: finally remembered my password for old POL. But still getting error: 601 when trying to pay and Clickandbuy even though I verified is still blocked. Submitted an email since they're only open M-F. Wish I could update my game though...
Possibly a bit late, but it might still help, and if not you, then others; don't use ClickandBuy. Absolutely horrible company, and there are plenty of horror stories out there about them if you want to look them up (this can range from being unable to register because they occasionally require excessive proof of identification such as scans of photo ID or utility bills, to being banned from FFXI because they messed up, and taking months to get it undone, if at all). There's no reason to use them since you can pay SE directly through use of a credit card or Paypal, so I would really suggest doing so.
601 errors can happen for a variety of reasons, ranging from credit card information not matching SE account information (differing names, addresses etc.), to using a credit card registered in a different country than your IP, to Noscript blocking all relevant domains, and many other things (most likely including using ClickanBuy, because it's just that horrible). If you receive an error, don't keep trying over and over, as each error builds up 'points', and if you receive enough things won't work no matter what. These decay slowly over time, but there's no real obvious indication, and if you run into errors multiple times, it's best to contact support.
I went to the north gate and got a mission to head to some magic tower thing so ive been grinding to do that.
On the inside of Windurst's gates there are guards, some of which have "W.W." at the end of their name, talk to them and ask about signet and you'll receive a buff which lasts for a few hours which will let you earn conquest points (useful for buying certain items from the same guards), give you a defence and evasion boost against enemies equal or lower to your level, and make enemies you defeat potentially drop crystals, which are used for crafting, but can also be sold on the auction house for a decent amount of money for somebody starting out.
Outside the cities you'll also find field manuals, floating books, which let you do training regimes, which involve killing a specific amount of certain monsters. Completion will get you exp, gil, and tabs which can be used on temporary buffs from the same books.
With regards to your money issues, you will want to find the auction house (southeastern part of Windurst Woods, as well as one in the middle-southern part of Windurst Walls) to sell things at (as well as buy, though the most low level items tend to be cheaper from NPC vendors), and those that aren't worth selling can still be sold to NPCs for minor amounts of gil.
A decent place to look up things if you're just starting is
http://www.ffxiclopedia.org, and
http://www.ffxiah.com can be used to look up auction house prices if you want to compare with NPC ones.
