Small group of friends. Some new players, some mid-tier to high end raiders, a few self-sufficient crafters. Everyone's usually just looking for a good time.

Most of us were refugees from a game in which I sincerely hope the SE staff will never ever attempt to emulate in terms of gearing design decisions. And by 'refugees' I mean some of us were actually official forum moderators/minor community managers of sorts for that game, and somehow 4/5 moderators eventually ended up setting sail for FF14 over a period of two years.