My story, highlight if you want to read it, TL/DR in the next post however :p
I'm what you may call an "EX-No lifer" In yonder days of yore I used to run Bleeding edge content with my guild in World of Warcraft. Over the years though, that type of top end progression got less and less appealing to me (the game getting worse didn't help either...), and I eventually quit and have mostly abstained from MMO's since then.
So, coming into FF14 roughly a little over a month ago, I decided I was going to take this as a fun, casual experience. Given that, I decided I would take it at my own pace and level solo till I hit 50. Since I reached that goal, I have been interested in finding a FC, but I didn't want just any company, I wanted a close-knit family setting, one that was interested in raid content, but was casual about it.
Tried to write a book.. post limit didn't agree :p
That being said, your description intrigued me, and after looking you up on the lodestone, I think I may have found a home for myself on FF14.
There is a potential problem though. I live in the country, and suffer from terrible ISP hardware, which tends to cause me to DC at some point every hour as a result. I've tried to no avail to have it fixed, but the ISP refuses to even acknowledge it is a problem, and they are my only choice in high speed internet, so I'm stuck with them. If this was a deal breaker I would understand, It's the reason I haven't cleared the story, the thought of causing problems for people sort of shames me, call it the old hardcore still shining through into the casual, I suppose. I hate to be "that guy" :-/