Trying to get in ffxiv, not new to mmorpgs

[LianaThorne]

Thank you. and I think I'm definitely looking for a social but also difficult content. I'll take a look into what you suggested and just get through the quests and such.

Ultimately if you want to do any form of harder content, you need to do MSQ. Unfortunately it's all locked behind it so personally I think the first step is to ask if you are even interested in the story/the time you have to put in to get to the content you want to do. Of course you can just buy a story skip to Endwalker but you'll still need to do all of the Endwalker MSQ and post-patches to unlock all of the current content dungeons, trials, etc.

As far as FCs (guilds) and harder content go, you can find raiding FCs but the majority (in my opinion) raid with a static (group of 8 people formed via PF ads/with friends) or through the PF on their own. You can try to find a raiding FC but keep in mind that depending on when you join, groups may already be formed since the tier has been going on for a while now and you may have to wait for a slot to open up/for them to finish and offer clears to other members.