wah.. bought long ago, only just registered ?

yup everything will be wipe except for your friends list

Its pretty much 50-50 these days..

Yes if you need

a) PvP (in a group) as most Guilds have pre-made groups for PvP that are regular. You can of cos do PvP on your own.

b) Phat Lewt as it helps to have different crafters to help you craft that green item. Of cos if you're loaded, you can just buy them off the trading post.

c) Pals as in regular people to play with (guildies tend to prioritise grouping up with each other). From what I see, usually there are handful of people who play alone and group up with whoever they meet

d) Assistance in completing quests (most guildies tend to help each other more often though in most US server MMOs I play in, everyone tends to be helpful). You do tend to meet people along the way who is doing the same quest so you can just

e) Sieges that are organised as most guildies tend to be more organise and on Mumble/Vent/TS.. well this is based on my previous experiences in Shadowbane, Planetside, Lineage 2, Warhammer Online, etc.

No. They will delete everything beside Gems and Contact list before 25th.

Suddenly got disconnected in the middle of a super intense PVP

I was like near lvl 75 leatherworking now NUUU