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.

You haven't played in quite some time, and you didn't even play much. Guilds changed all of that. Guild has its own chat, and it's all you need. My fellow Rockets are the only people I ever play with and talk to. And DFO has an amazing chat system. All it "lacks" is a buddy chat, which is a godsend to me. You can literally control and filter everything that appears in every tab of chat, except Super Megaphones (obviously, because Nexon). You don't have to get spammed ever. It's a vastly superior chat system to that of, say, Maplestory (which is one of the worst ever).

I don't know about the general community but I'll say it sucks. Because online games always have terrible communities. Team Rocket is good. If you party or PVP with anyone else, expect idiocy. Always.