As a relatively new person myself (only just got the stuff to play online recently) I've only met people willing to help me learn the game online and plenty of people have offered to help or otherwise play without even bothering to bring how many times I've played into the question.
I'm not saying that everyone is accepting (you know how some people can be) but everyone I've met so far has been nice so I don't think you have anything to worry about. When you hear tales of people who get banned it's only going to be their side of the story and of course everyone else but them will be the bad guy because they
clearly did nothing wrong.
On another note, welcome, hope you enjoy your stay and I hope to see you around on the servers when you get your stuff.
Edit: What I meant to say was, if you let people know you're new to the game or new to the online I'm sure they'll take that into account and help you get to grips with things.