hello after finding this I quickly started the download process in order to play, its currently in the "fixing" stage now so in a few hours i'll soon be running around stabbing worms and bees.
my question is this: I noticed I had to download all the expansions and updates in order to play, does this mean that all the jobs are playable? such as NIN SAM BLU DNC etc.. depending on if they are or not will influence which race job and location I start with
thank you in advance

All jobs up to Aht Urghan are playable. So no on DNC. COR and BLU seem to be working very well but PUP is a shell of itself last I heard. Still playable but someone else would have to give the specifics of what isn't working with it. Also the AF quests for the ToAU jobs aren't functional right now.

well without DNC that kinda puts a wrench in my plans for the dual wield

You still get dual wield from ninja.

The PUP pet is why PUP is broken, it doesn't do anything apparently.