Hey there Panndemic, did you and your friend get set up with a FC/Raiding group yet? If not you should check us out. http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...Vets-HC-Social

Our focus isn't primarily raiding but that said we have a LOT of members looking to hit SB hard with raiding from the ground level up. I am in fact organizing the groups for it (closer to expansion or within the first week so that groups can do 4m content while waiting for the lockout of the raid tier). If you have any questions hit me up in discord (my username is in my sig)