Well as far as community goes, its not as close as AW was. Something in this game is preventing that, and I cant put my finger on it yet. It may have something to do with how the base targets are setup, or the lack of multicrewing, or maybe folks are just meaner now, and just plain unfriendly.
To be honest, if I want to talk to people I will, and if I dont want to hear them Id rather be able to turn it off. For me RANGE has done more to turn me off against the game/community than it has made me enjoy the game/community.