What's the hurry to get to the new areas? Enjoy the journey instead rather than rushing through it and end up with nothing to do.
Most quests are done solo anyway, and the ones which need a group draw that group from the whole playerbase - new and old players alike.

Road to 60 buff is actually bad for new players in my opinion. It completely messes up the intended leveling pace and experience.
Unless you know how to manage it (by splitting experience among several classes) which few new players will know, it will cause you to either quickly outlevel your quests or - if you skip most sidequests - you will often end up undergeared since you miss all the quest rewards.


As for the toxic players, report them if they are bad enough, otherwise just ignore them. Beyond that they are not worth spending any thought on anyway.