Any advice?

[Waytoolate]

I think I have Japanese selected also. Thanks for thinking about possible options though. After another hour and a half of using the party finder I finally got enough people to do the first raid, but no one could stick around for the second. Hopefully I can find more helpful people so I can move on to Ishgard. Is Praetorum as easy as the first, because that first raid has been the easiest dungeon I've gone through since starting FF14. I almost felt like a tank wasn't needed. Awesome there were no hiccups but kinda weird that one tank seemed like more than enough.

[Reinha]

Is Praetorum as easy as the first, because that first raid has been the easiest dungeon I've gone through since starting FF14. I almost felt like a tank wasn't needed. Awesome there were no hiccups but kinda weird that one tank seemed like more than enough.

The second one is also easy. They are not really raids even though they require 8 people. More like story dungeons. Such a mode has not been repeated since because of the issue that newcomers are left behind to watch cutscenes while others clear. Here is a list of raids for both level 50 and 60 if you are interested. Raids are for 8 or 24 people. There is also a mode called trial (= one medium difficulty raid boss, no trash mobs) and they are for 8 people.

I recommend trying the Duty Finder again with the primary language for that data center selected. You could also try asking a few mentors (people with a crown next to their name) on your server to come with you. Most mentors, for what I've seen, take pride in being able to assist newcomers in any way.