So... Is the community good?

There isn't too much socializing in DFO (at least in-game). The chat system sucks complete kiwis and you get spammed to death all the time. You do get a chance to actually talk to people in PvP, but you be the judge of the community there. I can't say it's really great or terrible. You meet your share of good players and you meet your share of noobs that complain about how cheap your class is.