Sooo... I managed to get to the point where I arrived from Gridania (I'm a Miqo'te archer) to Ul'dah via my first airship quest. I head for The Quicksand (on the Mateus server) because I've read that where's the most RP folks are. Like in any real-life house party, I was bewildered and lost at same time, haha!
At the time when I was there, there wasn't much going on... There were lots of people hanging around but the general chat was slow. Is it right to assume that they were talking privately? I had a few friendly folks "waving" and "smiling" at me but that's about it. (I waved back too!) Forgive me for being such a noob, other than completing more quests while I'm in Ul'dah, I'm not sure what do next...?