The "European" servers are located in Montreal along with the NA servers so there's no need to worry about latency. Apparently the only reason they are labelled as such is for timezone purposes. The official RP server is Balmung and has a heavy European population but there is also Gilgamesh which is a secondary server where some people chose to go because they didn't want to play with Legacy players. I believe there are some EU players there as well.
There is limited lore indeed, so a lot of it is just based on assumptions for now. I, myself, am a part of a desert tribe with my miqo'te but if you don't want such a setup then you can always just go as a city miqo'te as they do exist(there are NPCs living and working there after all, so you are free to make up such a scenario without deviating from the lore).
A linkshell from what I understand is basically a group chat in-game that serves as a method of communication. You can join several in-game. It's sort of like a guild except all there is to it is a guild chat, whereas Free Companies are the actual 'guilds'. So for example, I am currently in two linkshells. One for EU users and another for my Miqo tribe ^^
Welcome to the game. I hope you and your boyfriend have a great time there and on these forums. Good luck with whatever choice you make ^^
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As for the lag, it's hardly noticeable. This is also my first Final Fantasy game so maybe this is normal but I am guessing not. The only thing I have noticed is that monsters usually take .3 to .5 of a second to die after I land the final hit and thats it. I don't have awesome net myself and I am from Ireland so I am hardly any different from you when it comes to distance ^^/
There is limited lore indeed, so a lot of it is just based on assumptions for now. I, myself, am a part of a desert tribe with my miqo'te but if you don't want such a setup then you can always just go as a city miqo'te as they do exist(there are NPCs living and working there after all, so you are free to make up such a scenario without deviating from the lore).
A linkshell from what I understand is basically a group chat in-game that serves as a method of communication. You can join several in-game. It's sort of like a guild except all there is to it is a guild chat, whereas Free Companies are the actual 'guilds'. So for example, I am currently in two linkshells. One for EU users and another for my Miqo tribe ^^
Welcome to the game. I hope you and your boyfriend have a great time there and on these forums. Good luck with whatever choice you make ^^
Edit:
As for the lag, it's hardly noticeable. This is also my first Final Fantasy game so maybe this is normal but I am guessing not. The only thing I have noticed is that monsters usually take .3 to .5 of a second to die after I land the final hit and thats it. I don't have awesome net myself and I am from Ireland so I am hardly any different from you when it comes to distance ^^/
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Characters: Andre Winter (Hy'ur) / K'nahli Yohko (Miqo'te)
