Ash Styles

Hello! I'm interested in getting Final Fantasty 14, but with it being subscription based and expensive to get everything I pretty much know I'd put most of my time in the RP part of it if i could. So i wanted to know: other than reading whatever lore catch me ups that are provided here should play a regular server first to A) get a better understanding of the game and its mechanics And B) to make sure whatever I think up actually works well with the story? Thanks for any input that can be provided! I'll also take any general tips for rping and all that if you have any. I've seen one of the guides on here for it but I'll take whatever.