After quite a bit of research, I finally have a working draft for my "FFFXIV Beginner's Guide". You can find it listed in our Tutorials section at: http://www.covenantofthephoenix.com/forums/tutorials/article/141-ffxiv-beginners-guide/
Please let me know if you have any suggestions or comments regarding the guide. I will continue to add more content to it this week, but I wanted to at least get this much of it posted for review. There was a lot of information out there that I tried to confirm with the official sources whenever possible. It's worth a look even if you aren't a new player in FFXIV, as there was a lot of information out there that I didn't know about before I read it.