My experience on Siren is that the novice network was very helpful, as were the mentors. Especially those times where I had to call for help because our tank ditched us. It was very informative and a good place to make groups looking to do the same content.

Though I had heard that Siren's Novice Network was something of an exception compared to other servers. I was told horror stories of how other servers were using their novice networks simply to bicker and argue about class balance, raid difficulty, etc.