Major noob looking for friends, and a few basic questions.

[Keydah]

Also, and this might seem like a bit of a dumb question, what's the best way to find people to party with? No one really seems to be communicating. I played 1.0 on PC and the chatbox was quite busy, but now no one is saying anything.

Hmm..I'm not really sure about that one, because I'm not a social person. People generally talk in their free companies (guilds) or linkshells (private chat channels), and I don't see conversations in shout (area chat). Try to find a nice free company that will help with your questions, or make friends with people you come across in game (there are lots of people that hang out in the markets of each city. try talking to people or finding an FC there, maybe?)

I'm sure you'll find people eventually. Our Free Company on Goblin is end-game based and still doesn't mind taking in new players and helping them out whenever they need it. My boyfriend and I have a private linkshell that we've invited new players into before so that they can ask us any questions they need to as they play. There's definitely got to be other people like us on other servers.

And I have a headset but I haven't heard anyone or figured out how to chat to anyone. Sorry, I know these are super noob questions. I feel like there's probably something very obvious I'm missing.

FFXIV doesn't have voice chat at all.