Wait till the game's out, play it, make friends while playing, and then invite them

If you MUST start now, I'd guess you'd only succeed if you're filling a gap that's not being filled by other forums. This one and two or three other fansites. So look around and see what they're doing and do something else.
I'm curious as to why somebody would WANT to start a new community at all? Just like being the leader?
Personally, I think this community is fine... for an MMO forum, it's amazingly polite and rational

That'll probably change closer to release, of course
