Heeey Gridania isn't that boring! The forest is a bit of a pain to navigate, but I'm loving the quests it depends though, maybe vagrants and pirates are more your kind of thing.

Anyway yes, LS-ness. I just signed up to this one:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ial-ls-for-all

It seems like one you might get along with. I am part of a pretty big one right now but it's all endgame content based, which is completely out of range for me right now. This one is social but also seems capable of dealing with people of all ranks and roles