I am on Goblin at the moment and considering moving to either Yojimbo or Zeromus and pretty much in the same boat...hoping to be able to meet up with English speaking players. I know of the amount of English speaking people are on Tonberry and Behemoth but have no interest in transferring to them as they are already quite busy.

On the Ping issues...I use Smooth Ping, it has been a must (was getting thrown off Titan platform every time) and made a huge difference.