I would like to understand which should be the criteria for choosing best server to play.
I hope in partecipation on giving hints and tips so we could possibly make a guide for new players.

Lets start with some ideas about it.

1) server location?
Does server location influece on lag and similar? Should a player choose server based on potential speed of connection?
This may be a valueable criteria.

2) player of server location?
This is about campatibility for times to log in similar to most players to have more chances of gather up a party thru lfm

3) server community?
I noticed in my zapping from server to server to raise TP that some server has more lfm than others (even tho this may be a problem relative to point 2).
I also noted difference in players attitude. In some servers i found more average player willful to party with others, in some i found more rushy zerger.

In ddo wiki you could read about "play for a while in each server to raise TP and then choose your favourite based on personal experience.
This may be the pratical way to do this, but i think that more infoes could help new players to choose a server for their best.

PS. I think that analizing server location and server player location will also benefit the community:
More people active at same time ---> more lfm ---> more play

If you think is worth to make a guide about the choice for the server please contribute with your knowledge and ideas