Sure there are plenty of nice guilds. Everyone was a noob once.
It's usually good practise to check out the lore and decide if any of the civ/faction choices matter to you at the moment as this may influence which guild you end up joining.
http://atys.ryzom.com/projects/puben/wiki/Lore
http://en.ryzomnomnom.com/wiki/Guilds/Arispotle