I just started playing the 14 day trial version of this game and I fell in love.
The only other MMO I have ever gotten into was FF XI (level 50 Drg! from Remora).

I have a question about the expansion: I want to buy the collectors edition and its not clear to me if I have to buy the base game as well. I was hoping that if I bought the expansion the base game would also be included.

Also, is there a particular server this community gravitates toward? I picked Jenova for nostalgia's sake but I've been getting the impression that Excalibur is more alive.

Thanks for any help!