Well at the current time, I would tell everyone thinking about trying the game to wait for about another month or so. I wouldn't say this due to the game's quality(which has improved a lot) as much as it's because A LOT of changes that are going to shape the game for potentially the rest of its lifespan are going to be happening soon(introduction of companies, changes to the battle and class system as well as crafting, potential changes to zones).

While chances are that you'll enjoy the game in its current state, there are so many things on the horizon that the game will probably feel very different than it currently does, so you should take that into account.

That being said, there ARE a bunch of things happening right now in game that is apparently leading into these changes(which are apparently apocalyptic in scale), so maybe someone might want to get into that.

Me personally? I'm cool with waiting a bit.