First MMO

[Zuri_54]

Edit: thank you all so so much for your help! Feel free to post info for future readers but I now feel that my questions have been answered!

Hey there!

So I have never ever played an MMO before, I have watched a few ffxiv live streams and such, so I know that you usually group up at some point with healers and tanks and dps(?) characters, but the actual mechanics are all new to me.

I've gotten to grips with the game and been doing alright on my own so far, but I'm a bit unsure about getting involved with the community stuff, any tips for a first timer?

Info about free companies, parties and general player communication (I do know about emotes and the little speech thing in the bottom right where you type stuff) would be very much appreciated!

Thanks