I've been in the Balmung NN for a bit now and my experiences line up more with Kamatsu and Mhaeric than with OP. There is a lot of social chatting, but when sprouts, returners, or even other mentors ask questions or for help, they get it. I've seen people join dungeon runs, help someone craft something, go to a location and post a <pos> in the chat to help out the sprouts, and much more.

There has been some disruptive players, but most of them were actually sprouts. We kicked one multiple times for cussing in chat and calling other players idiots. I ended up just blacklisting that player.