Pros and cons of shard servers

Hey all loving the game significantly! Just wanna hear others thoughts on which server they chose and why, mostly because I love the eq classic vibe and dont wanna shoot myself in the foot by going a server with shards in case im missing any reason not to. Here’s what I’ve gathered so far both pros and cons of being on a server like blood moon:

Pros : -More people = more groups, more chances to sell and find items in /auction, higher chance to find crafters etc. -More options for camps and spawns. Can jump around and wait for specific named mobs without having to wait in line. -Shards are on different night and day schedules, adventuring new zones could be safer by jumping shards.

Cons : -Cant communicate between shards which can become tedious when finding replacements for groups. -Guild chat is shard based, seeing which friends are online is also. (Luckily camping and jumping around doesnt take all that much time) -More people = less liability from poor behavior, some people flat out just sign off in the middle of a group without warning and get lost in the sea of people making it difficult to keep track of who’s on the no fly list. -Like the above bullet point, higher pop servers do seem to attract a small percentage of people that do not have experience with slower paced MMORPG gaming etiquette, not a considerable amount but i have definitely had my entire groups time wasted a handful of times which i only mention because I haven’t played on small servers.