I'm surprised at how good the community is, actually. Most people are decent and will help with bonus missions if you ask, and I've got lots of friends that I ran into while running a random battle. I think that as you get past level 20 or so it gets better too, because I run boat 1 battles just for the lulz of it and I've met plenty of noobs there.. ;)
..plus I miss all the annoying people who don't like lanns because they kick me right away.