im playing taiwan server.. free.. any more free server other than taiwan? coz kinda slow when downloading the maps... soemore i dont understand chinese words

GW noob here want to ask question..... im planning on picking a copy of GW and saw that theres a GW;faction goin around.. do i need the first version to play faction?? or i can just get the factions and start playing. .. another thing is that..would it be better to start playing factions directly or play the first one first. lately..damn bored with WoW already...need some fresh content..