I have a legit noob friend who joined up about a week ago and I've helped him get to 28 in my spare time. (New people are coming, he came from ipy2)
I recommended he join the Brotherhood, and it has helped him get groups and get reacquainted with the game. If he'd not joined the brotherhood, literally every zone he's leveled in is filled with crickets and he's had very little naturally occurring interaction with other players.
It's worked ok for him, but I'd prefer him get some exposure to the server before I turn him into a Nihilum drone.
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So I still support global OOC and would like to see it implemented in whatever fashion, I have the power to /ignore at my fingertips so nothing said in it will be bothering me.