Best Server for me

[ChameleonMS]

TeamSpeak is used significantly.

I used to play on Goblin (2013 ARR launch - May 2015), and my entire FC transferred servers to Gilgamesh last spring.

As you are a new player, I recommend you join a free company to help guide you.
The Dark Lords are a great group at helping out new members. Penny, Pookie, Aldric, and Retik are great people.
Kupopolis is lead by friend Gem Beloved. Gem created an alt character on Gilga to continue playing with us.

Re: server transfers, a small server like Goblin has two major faults and one big advantage.
Faults:
1. It can be difficult to put together good raiding parties due the lack of players around. When we were still there, it was common to put up a PF for an end game raid and watch 5 hours go by without it filling. On Gilga by comparison, it is rare for PF to take longer than 20 minutes to fill.
2. The limited number of players also contributes to higher prices on the Market board for most items.

Advantage:
Housing is almost always available.

[Dement]

If you're going to try to get onto Balmung or Gilgamesh, you actually have a golden opportunity coming up. The restrictions are typically lifted for a brief time after a major patch as no one is logged in when the servers come back online. I've heard this grants an opportunity to create a new character before the restrictions are triggered again. It just so happens that the next major patch will be taking place next Monday night with the servers coming back online a 2 AM Pacific Time (5 AM Eastern Time). If you get up early and try to make a new character at 5 AM Eastern, you should have a decent chance of getting on one of the higher population servers.

My entire FC uses Teamspeak.

[Ehr]

If you're going to try to get onto Balmung or Gilgamesh, you actually have a golden opportunity coming up. The restrictions are typically lifted for a brief time after a major patch as no one is logged in when the servers come back online. I've heard this grants an opportunity to create a new character before the restrictions are triggered again. It just so happens that the next major patch will be taking place next Monday night with the servers coming back online a 2 AM Pacific Time (5 AM Eastern Time). If you get up early and try to make a new character at 5 AM Eastern, you should have a decent chance of getting on one of the higher population servers.

The restrictions are entirely based on the amount of people logged in or trying to log in. The second maintenance finishes after a major patch is notorious for some of the longest queues actually and a couple other times causing problems with the servers due to the amount of people trying to log in. The better chances are the maintenances that usually occur during the following week.

I've seen TeamSpeak, Mumble, and Discord used for voice chat.