Hello, question.

[Jeeqbit]

It'd be ideal if I could play the game as Square Enix intended. You've got to find stuff, solve puzzles, and strategize. Also, socializing about the game. I've been corrected, lectured and ignored so many times about my ideal game play. Instead of pulling me in another direction, people should listen, feel, and think about what I ask.

I agree with you.

But the majority of people either don't want to spend the extra time to solve puzzles themselves, or they don't have time to because of work, school, university, and other things in their life like children and family.

Some people are just not capable of solving these puzzles themselves, or don't understand the game enough to.

I'd like some help communicating the idea to anyone out there. I'm hoping for a level 1 static light party. Four players talking about their roles and abilities, then figuring out how to use them. In early levels, the game developers incorporated the oldest combat strategy, divide and conquer. Although it might seem overkill in the early stages, isn't learning early just a logical way to learn how to maneuver without getting KO'd? May I ask for comments to help expand this idea instead of dissuading me?

There are people who will be interested, but not a lot. They may be hard to find, but it is possible to find them.

Because of how hard it is to find people interested in this, most people don't do it even when they want to.

The way to find them is to recruit for a blind prog static on sites such as
https://www.reddit.com/r/FFXIVRECRUITMENT/
https://www.xivrecruit.com/

Although if you are specifically looking to do dungeons from level 1 it may be even harder to find people, as the people on those websites are mostly looking for extreme, savage and ultimate raids.