Hello Datu!

I am still new to this game personally as well only having played roughly 7 months, but I can tell you that Faerie is quite the social place! There are all sorts of people here, however there is not as much hardcore end game on this server since most people I knew transferred to Balmung to get into the hard core raid scene.

A lot of people hang around the cities, shenanigans happen, it's always fun and I find most people to be very kind! I'd say if you and your friends have the time, give Faerie a try! It's about medium, and more populated during EST hours, but there are always people online.

Also, being on the Aether datacenter, I find queue times are pretty quick.

Good luck finding your FFXIV home and have a lovely day!