PSO was one of the few games I could ever really get into, and probably the only online community I've ever really had any sort of meaningful interaction with. I guess I was "mostly done" with the game before ephinea really started, but it's cool to see that it's still active.
I don't think it's ever 'toxic' unless you're giving bad advice and being really adamant that it's good advice. Giving advice to people who don't ask for it probably isn't that helpful either though.
I think section ID choices in this game are too subjective to need a guide that goes beyond listing raw game data. And in all honestly what ID you use hardly matters unless you refuse to trade and/or play in games created by other players.
Yeah the RC pet is probably the best one imo. RC is such a great skill even though it seems like everyone hates it. I made an alt mostly just to do it for money/fun and haven't done much other than afk stuff and farming on my main since then lol. Kinda looking forward to the updates that are...