This game is so cheap to pick up now, there's still a month free and it will run on old pc gear so there's bound to be a few new players joining up to see what the MMO is all about.
I joined to see if I'd like the MMO style of game before I dove in to FFXIV when it comes to PS3... not sure I'd have moved over yet even if it had been released though (there must be a thread going on that somewhere....)!!
As a new player I've had plenty of people take me under their wing and sometimes lowbies can even help high level players with trials (killing hundreds of worms while I levelled and he counted them off springs to mind!). Also people seem to be trying out new jobs etc so this area of the forum \should/ be a good thing.