I seem to have the worst luck when I pick my server in MMO's. It always seems to be the one that becomes a ghost town first or is so over populated that I always have to wait in queue for hours at a time.
Usually I've noticed you can kind of tell which servers are going to be overpopulated from the start based on beta and forums. Any idea how I can go about researching which server to play on without getting screwed to boot and having to buy a transfer?