There is no game that will give you a better adrenaline rush. When you are roaming around with the char you grinded for months and your buddies, spotting someone and chasing him or being chased. But its a lot of grinding, building, exploring and other shit..
Didn't hermit much myself, only a little in w5. Most of the time small villages 5-10 active players. Build up a nice place in w6 with some guys, but we got ratted out from the inside and lost the whole village^^.
The somewhat final battle of w6 (starts after 60 minutes)
http://www.twitch.tv/apxeolog/b/411186349 the guys with blue names are ze russians, no clue whom they are fighting though^^