PF is a place to start networking, as would be the ffxivrecruitment subreddit or the Gilgamesh forums.

I think there is a dearth on all servers of (visible) newbies in, well, pretty much all endgame. When I was wanting to do PVE raiding, networking with newer players was a pain and I wasn't able to find any newer raiding FCs to start building a foundation in. Now among the PVP names I know, I seem to be the only one who hasn't been here since the launch of Seal Rock, Wolves' Den, etc, and who didn't PVP for years in WoW before coming here.

It's just really weird. I sometimes wonder if the MMO genre is composed mostly of experienced players with very few true newbies trickling in and staying to become active.

I'm also on Gilgamesh by the way, and while I'm more into PVP I've helped people through EX primals and early Coil before.