@OP my advice is make some friends try and run with the same crew and off the beating path, places like befallen najena kurns etc. When I came here originally I had a couple friends to play with at times but I also made a ton more just from pickup groups, learned to kind of ignore the twinks as they won't follow you from zone to zone anyway because they are pretty bad skill wise for the most part. I definitely recommend a guild because, you're right, if I see someone unguilded I will most likely pk them assuming they are an empire twink/alt until they send me a tell with their correct affiliation. Fresh recruits all levels, The Curse recruits all classes and basically all levels, the rest of the guilds have some priority lists and mainly only go for lvls 50+. Pick what fits best for you and go with it.
Also, stay off the forums if you are faint at heart or wear it on your sleeve at times. It is a big troll fest here, I don't mind it because it's entertaining when I'm bored at work or waiting on the pilots to get the damn plane ready.
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