Quote Originally Posted by Eloah View Post
Everyone is giving great advice but I'm gonna ad just one thing to your server inquiry. If you are on a Japanese server and are finding it difficult to play, but have already invested some time in your character, then you are in luck. There is going to be a server restructuring for the NA and EU data centers. Along with that transfers will become free of charge. That could be your chance to switch servers and not gave to pay for it.
Actually, free transfers will only be made available for players 'in affected data centers,' i.e. NA and EU data centers. If he's on a JP server, he won't have access to the free transfer during that time. OP, if you are interested in playing on a North American or European server, I'd recommend just making a new character and starting over; if you're still below level 10, you'll get back to that point in no time.