Kudos to OP for making this thread. Nothing against FC recruitment, but it gets boring when that's the only thing on the forum.

Quote Originally Posted by gilmorej View Post
I consciously chose to make a character on a non-preferred server because I didn't want the EXP boost; I enjoy being on the journey as much as arriving at the destination. Being a WoW refugee, I figured that if this game were anything like WoW then I was worried that I'd end up outlevelling the story if I had the exp boost (which wasn't unfounded -- I'm 7 levels ahead of the story quests without even doing sidequests or spamming dungeons).
Smart, for a first character. Thanks to the stuff between core expansion (x.0) patches, there's so much experience inflation...

I chose to play on Faerie somewhat arbitrarily. In my first year or so of playing the game (in ARR) I server hopped several times, trying to find a community that would click with me. I transferred to Faerie after seeing a couple promising FC ads... and while both FCs turned out to be cliquish and dysfunctional (neither exists any more afaik), I found myself enjoying the people on the server overall. So here I am! I've accumulated a lot of friends here over the years, even if over half my friends list consists of names I no longer recognize. <_<