Regarding the Fresh Start server Discords there's a majority of people looking for that "gold rush" fun factor MMO wise. Leveling, land rush / grab, establishing communities, rivalries, commerce, politics, balance of power, shenanigans, dramas, plots, schemes, backstabs etc all along.
Almost everyone knows XL Games is an awful, racist developer having no clues maintaining a solid sandbox gameplay experience in a western market and Trion Worlds publishing the game like a meth dealer, milking customers for quick cash and easy money through genuine "Pay To Win" features.
What's interesting for this Fresh Start venue is that gear become kind of normalized, shit gear gone and top gear being way less RNG, basically timegated like WoW during an established schedule through months so everyone can catch up at some point without maxing their credit cards. Also metaplay is getting a blank slate, which is quite interesting regarding Archeage unique class setup.
Of course there's gonna be huge queues, crashes, bugs, probably exploits / cheats, bad communication from both Trion and XL Games and such. It's way far from perfect, but regarding current MMO market, it's as good as we're gonna get sandbox PvP wise. I think nowadays getting involved for more than a few weeks into any MMO is great. Not because the game is great, but because the game allows people to build it.