The vast majority of my DF experiences has been very positive. I've met generally nice people, sure, I've had people drop because the dungeon has gone a bit pear shaped, but I don't blame them if there is a low or zero chance of winning then them bailing is the correct choice. I did however on my first AK run, run into a know it all healer who annoyed me so much after only 5 minutes that I apologised to the other two people and left, unfortunately I'm a tank so if they didn't get a replacement I'm still apologising, if they did, then I'm apologising to the tank for having to put up with that healer.

But yeah, community is what you make of it, go in to a dungeon, say "hello!" to everyone (in auto-trans) and be happy, get a bit of an idiot, take the 15 mins hit and bail, once the people who are a bit idiot realise they can't complete anything because people keep bailing on them, they may get a clue.

Oh, my first HM Ifrit was nice too, didn't win but the other PLD (Heal Me) was really nice after the fight, so yeah, Durandal FTW.