Originally Posted by
Therin
I'm enjoying the hell out of it right now. It's got a lot of that old school XI feel while still being a lot more accessible (you only need groups for more of the hardcore 50 content, everything on the way can be soloed).
I would definitely recommend starting up and seeing how you like it. It's a hell of a lot more playable than XI in its current state, which you pretty much need to be hardcore and have hardcore friends or a WHM mule to do anything.
Actually the opposite of this. I would start now so that you're prepared for the new content. However, don't level EVERYTHING to 50 as they've promised that there is going to be a lot of lower level content too, so you'll want to be able to actually do that as well.
Playing 3-4 hours a day you can get your first job to 50, realistically, without rushing like crazy, in about 3 weeks (and that includes staying up to date on all of the quests that pop up along the way - in fact, the main story quests, which will be unavailable after 2.0 give huge EXP and gil rewards and are also really fun - great story and great cutscenes).