>>724878945
Make an alt and play with them.

The thing is though, the game isn't designed for people to actually want to play through the free trial. Every single person I've convinced to try it, without fail, has bought the game and their sub before finishing ARR. The trial is designed to make your experience feel incomplete and inadequate even though you really don't miss out on much of anything with where you are in the game. SE proceeds to trap you with sunk fallacy, and buying a story skip for the game becomes a no brainer for new players just so they can save time. After that they learn how to do endgame content and either fall in love with it or more commonly fail to get into it and move on. No refunds.

If your friends were never into MMOs to begin with, don't bother. They won't get into xiv especially in its current sorry state.