The game has 3 servers : Columbus, Magellan, Da Gama.
I am currently playing in Columbus server, during weekdays, there
is not much lag. As for weekends, well... stay away from crowded
cities like Athens you should be fine.
For beginners, I recommend that you build a merchant ship first and
take up some tasks from the Merchant Guild Master to earn some
cash. Sell all your cannonballs since they take up space in your
ship. Avoid pirates and thunderstorm while at the sea. Once you
have some money, learn timber-felling and mining. You will be
chopping tree or mining ore most of the time until you can afford
to build a new ship.
So anybody else playing the game?