New player looking for help

[karateorangutang]

Thank you all for the great advise, I'm still such a noob though even while reading some of this info I was still lost because I'm not entirely sure what some of the stuff refers to, I'm sure I will get it with time and doing. Karateorangutang- thank you I will send you a friend request when I get home and would interested into learning about your FC. I see your surname is Ru'Milan, I didn't realize you could have comma's in your name, do I type it just like that?

Yeah with the commas

I'll send an tell when I get ingame. That character is your main right?

[Seeker0fTruth]

Yea thats my main character. I'll be home when I get home from work in about 6 hours.

[karateorangutang]

I'll try to pop on tonight, but its sketchy for me on mondays and tuesdays due to RL engagements. I will however be on tomorrow evening for quite awhile. I'll try to catch you today, but if I can't I will be able to catch you tomorrow.

Feel absolutely free to tell any of the others and just mention that you spoke to me on the forums and I'm sure they would be glad to help you out.

[Anova]

Yea I did read and learn about the Linkshells, but I don't know how to find people that will let me join theirs.

The forums are actually a pretty good place to start. The New player section here is much nicer and generally the most helpful, but you can venture in to your server forum if you want. Take a look and see if you can find anything there.

Otherwise, spend some time to really look around. The Limsa and Gridanian areas are generally very active out of the starting city states (might vary a little depending on time for your server), as is Ishgard and Idyllshire when you unlock them at levels 51 and 58. There's a few players who will send you random tells welcoming any new player they see to the game (you have a nice green leaf next to your name so it's super easy), so you can start up with them.

If you want to start a conversation, look for one of the bored players in those towns. You can tell almost immediately because they're all be dancing together in the middle of the road. They'll be more willing to talk and spend the time to show you around, because the alternative is dancing the same dance over and over again while wearing lingerie in public. Players crafting might also work, although they probably won't go out in the field with you. You can ask them questions and expect a response at least between their craft macros.

A second way is to use the party finder (unlocked after your first dungeon completion around lv.15 to 16) and look for recruitment parties or post your own. You can also join FATE parties and some will be especially talkative, especially if they know you're new to the game.

[Seeker0fTruth]

I'll try to pop on tonight, but its sketchy for me on mondays and tuesdays due to RL engagements. I will however be on tomorrow evening for quite awhile. I'll try to catch you today, but if I can't I will be able to catch you tomorrow.

Feel absolutely free to tell any of the others and just mention that you spoke to me on the forums and I'm sure they would be glad to help you out.

Do you use TeamSpeak? I'm currently playing on PS4 but still get on teamspeak.

[karateorangutang]

Do you use TeamSpeak? I'm currently playing on PS4 but still get on teamspeak.

Actually we all play on PS4 so thats the chat we generally use. I can give you my PS4 handle in game.

[Seeker0fTruth]

Actually we all play on PS4 so thats the chat we generally use. I can give you my PS4 handle in game.

Okay sounds good, I was just looking at your free company page and the members and I would really like to join if its ok, but I can talk to you about it on PS4. Thank you.

[karateorangutang]

Okay sounds good, I was just looking at your free company page and the members and I would really like to join if its ok, but I can talk to you about it on PS4. Thank you.

We'd be glad to take you on. Helping out new players breathes new life into old content, so i'll be glad to send you an invite. I'll try to pop on this evening, even if its just for a second to get you an invite.

[Seeker0fTruth]

Celest- I tried to add you as a friend in game and the others you told me about and everyone says character not found. Do you have to be online?

[Niwashi]

Yes, Friend requests only work when the character you send them to is online. Try starting with Player Search (which also only finds people online) to see if the person is available.

EDIT:
Just thought of another thing. Have you bought the game or are you on that introductory 14 day free trial? Free Trial players cannot send Friend requests (though they can receive and accept them if a paid player initiates it).