Replying to Frizze.

Yes. I was reading several Reddit posts regarding community opinions on various Worlds. Crystal is notorious for RP, Aether has pretty high clear rate of Raids, and Primal is a laid back mix of RP and Raiding. I know all Data Centers/Worlds have groups for what I'm wanting to do, but some have more than others. I'm not tied down to a specific world due to friends, so I'd like to plan it a bit better before joining. I kind of like the name of Aether more than Primal though (also has a preferred world).

What is the issue with housing, back to the reply from Sauteed? And preferred worlds apparently also give 1,000,000 gil first time a character reaches level 30? How hard is it to get gil? I get the Data Center/World visits, though it's limited to what you can do in other worlds. I am also aware of world/data center transfers if I don't enjoy my choice, so I guess I could use the preferred world for exp, then transfer 90 later if it doesn't work out. That is certainly a possibility I had considered.