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  BlackSparrow

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  Can't really answer 1 or 4, since I live in the States, but for 2 and 3...
  
  2. EU and NA PC/Mac servers are identical. The only differences I've heard is that EU has more non-English speakers, and NA has more bots running around. (And we also do our maintenance during the middle of your day, so take that into account)
  
  It does stand to mention that you will lose your character and anything else you've accumulated on that character, since that doesn't transfer over... but level 15 shouldn't take too long to catch up again.
  
  
  3. 7-10 EST is pretty much primetime on NA, so you're hitting the sweet spot. That said, it's not crowded (at least not the PvE spots... can't speak for PvP). Banks can get a bit full, but not so full you can't find the banker, even in the starter cities, and cities themselves are pleasantly busy without being completely packed lag-fests.
  
  If you're out questing, especially, players are actually pretty thin, even during NA server primetime, because all the most dedicated players have finished questing and spend most of their time doing endgame dailies. It's enough that you can beat dolmens when they pop up and usually run into someone else while you're doing a delve, but no one's going to get in your way.
  
  So bottom line? Don't worry about server overcrowding, at least not PvE-side.
  
  
  

  Living vicariously through my characters.
  
  My Girls:

  "If you were trapped in your house for, say, a year, how would you pass the time?"
  
  Nephikah the Houseless, dunmer assassin: "I suppose I could use the break. I have a lot of business holdings now that need management."
  Swum-Many-Waters, elderly argonian healer: "I think that I would enjoy writing a memoir."
  Silh'ki, khajiit warrior-chef: "Would this one be able to go outside, to the nearby river? It's hard to fish without water!"
  Peregrine Huntress, bosmer hunter: "Who is forcing me to stay inside, and where can I find them?"
  Lorenyawe, altmer mechanist: "And why would I want to go outside in the first place? Too much to be done in the workshop."
  Lorelai Magpie, breton master thief: "I'd go nuts. Lucky for me, I have a little experience sneaking out!"
  Rasheda the Burning Heart, redguard knight: "I would continue my training to keep my skills sharp."
  Hex-Eye Azabi, khajiit daedric priestess: "I suppose it would be lucky, then, that I built a shrine to Mephala in my backyard."
  Yngva Stormhammer, nord bandit (reformed...ish): "I hate being inside even when I'm not forced to be. GET. ME. OUT."
  Madam Argentia, vampire dunmer aristocrat: "I suppose it would be more of the same. I have a rather... contentious relationship with the sun."
  Mazie gra-Bolga, orc scout: "Uh... I'd have to house train my bear..."
  Felicia the Wanderer, imperial witch-for-hire: "What Lorelai said."
  Calico Jaka-dra, retired khajiit pirate: "This one would like a rest from her grand adventures. Her jewel shop runs out of stock!"
  Shimmerbeam, blind altmer psijic: "Provided that I am confined to Artaeum, I do not think I will want for things to occupy my time."
  Shauna Blackfire, redguard necromancer: "Sounds like paradise. I hate people."
  Kirniel the Undying, cursed bosmer warrior: "I would feel useless, not being able to fight."
  Echoes-from-Dragons, argonian who thinks she's a dragon: "All the better to count my hoard!"
  
  (Signature idea shamelessly stolen from Abeille.)

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  December 2016

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  Syrani

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  I can't answer numbers 1, 3, and 4, but can tell you that if you move from the EU to US server, it's basically going to be like you just bought the game and are starting over. Nothing you currently have on the EU server will move with you to the US one, including crown store purchases (unless that has changed), characters, gold, achievements, inventory, etc. It seems like they kind of treat it like a whole other account.
  
  So, if you make the move, you will be starting from scratch with nothing. Having said that, the 7 to 10 pm EST time on the US server is probably prime time, so you should have an easier time finding people to play with. As far as being too crowded goes, I guess that's a matter of opinion, but I doubt this game is "too crowded" anywhere.

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  December 2016

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