Ive only been here 3 weeks, but its been a very enjoyable 3 and Im already establishing friendships. I dont know about you, but I'm not used to people getting what I'm about, not yet anyway. But I do look forward to the future (with guarded optimisn) a bit more, now I'm on here.
If you want to get to know people at first, I recommend the General Forums or if youre feelin' blue, go on over to The Lifestream where you will learn even more about the community.
And by all means, check out FFXIV. Those kind of RPGs I personally dont know about, but people like you, Fynn and others I'm sure will have a good time in there