hey Alice No worries about being "noob" we all start somewhere

To join a free company all you really need to do is be in any city and type (eg: /shout Hi I'm looking for a friendly Free Company)

As for making friends, just be pleasant Find people you like playing with and you'll have plenty of friends in no time!

Linkshells are chatrooms. You can make one and invite friends into it to have a private chat to talk to one another anywhere in the world. You can type /L# (# meaning a number) to switch between them!

Feel free to ask any other questions and if I can I'll answer them!

I also just so happen to make videos for new players covering topics like these which you can check out Here

Shameless plug I know, but I do make them for new players to get used to the game!

Hope this helps