[Mhurron]

Now I have hides, crystals and some meat. Sice this is my first character and i need to build up gil for spells, i am not really sure what to do with the stuff. With first character and no gil to my name, should i just auction all the stuff or craft or what?

Sell on AH or to NPC's if you can't even cover the tax.

The limitbreak guide suggested using grilled hare as food to level with at start. Does that hold true for white mages also since it raises attack?

If you can afford to use food now, yes, you'll use Attack food (meat). Leveling up to around 10, even for mage jobs, is all about hitting things.

I don't see how leveling WHM is any easier then leveling RDM. Any soloing is a hell of a lot easer on RDM.