I often see the same people at hunts and come across people on my friends list pretty often. I'd say it's a pretty tightknit server. However, if you and your friends are looking to focus on endgame, I wouldn't recommend Goblin. There are hardly anyone shouting for savage statics and only one group on our server has downed A3S. I remember we were one of the last servers to down Twin and we only had 1 or 2 groups downing her consistently by the time the next coil came out.