I find Ryzom to be one of the best communities I’ve ever seen.
On the gameplay side, if you’re sitting there with a less-than-full HP bar when someone walks by, odds are you’ll get a drive-by healing. Need a rez? Just ask in Region amd you have a good chance of getting one to avoid the Death Penalty. Just arrived from the mainland and need new gear? Odds are that a crafter with too many mats in their storage will make you something awesome just to make a little space in their inventory. And PvP is entirely consensual; if someone challenges you to a duel, just decline… and there is no penalty for doing so. Just know that if you do duel and you win, etiquette demands that you resurrect your fallen opponent. Not doing so is beyond rude. That sure beats random PK-ing and tea-bagging.
On the meta side, You can form temporary teams, do private chats, make chat channels for your own groups, and otherwise interact in many ways. Most of the people are mature and quite helpful. All in all, well worth looking into.
@uberbatman Ryzom has many players from all over. I run into quite a few from France, Germany, Spain, New Zealand, the Phillipines… all over the world. There used to be separate servers, but since The Merge, it’s not uncommon to run into players who don’t know a word of English.