Quote Originally Posted by Raldo View Post
1. Keep an eye on it and try from time to time. It should open periodically. The term "preferred" is usually what they call the lower-population servers, so they should be open more often than not.

2. There are a number of NA servers that are available at any given time.

2a. I'm not from EU, so I won't comment.

2b. The details are still a bit unclear, but there is supposed to be a free transfer period coming up very soon. I don't know if the limitations/specifics have been detailed yet. The reason for this is because they're adding new data centers and servers, so they're making some transfers free to help level everything out. It's unlikely that they're allow anyone to transfer to the congested servers for free, however it's also worth mentioning that they're adding a world-visit system where you can visit any other server in your data center, so if you're not targeting any specific server, it shouldn't matter too much which server you pick, so long as you get on the data center that's right for you (which sounds like the EU one).

3. There are no choices to make, so everyone is the same. The only difference is racial stats, which are so small they're basically non-existent (for example +/- 1~3 STR out of 3000+). There are no unique skills on gear, so generally speaking if a piece of gear has a higher iLevel, then it's superior (with a few exceptions). Every Bard has the exact same set of skills. There is no possible way to play Paladin differently than one another. No one has different gear sets for different purposes (except for glamour purposes).
thanks alot for the quick reply, very clear. I found spot in Lich EU when I checked again. Thanks for the end game answer.