Just finished PS4 trial... Question!

[Anova]

To be honest, we don't know the exact pricing of the expansion, although is safe to assume we will have to buy it and $40 is a reasonable estimate.

If you're still on the fence about the game, i would hold off. There is a patch coming out with a new 24-man dungeon and items so there should be an upsurge of players then, but they will mostly be veterans.

The expansion and base game will likely be packaged together, and you can buy the game then. You'll have a lot of new players who will join for that (and veterans playing new classes starting from lv.1), which will help your queue times and let you meet more players for fates and the all-important social network/guild for mmos. The community in general is very good in this game (although you will still meet trolls and the like).