Guild Wars 2

I started playing this game on release, then quit shortly after hitting 80, i’ve recently come back, and I’m playing on Sea of Sorrows, from which i remember was the “unofficial Australian server” however, i’ve noticed during later Australian times, there’s pretty low presence in WvW and I only really can find big guilds running together frequently on weekends when i can play with NA guilds

Is there any better options for Aussie WvW Players (not really looking for T1 servers, just a decent community) or is SoS still best choice?

I’ll first apologize if this is in the wrong section, i don’t really post on forums often, however I’m hoping someone can help me with this.

I purchased gw2 on release and loved pretty much everything about it, i got about 25 levels in just exploring the world and questing, but when i decided to try some group PvE/PvP elements, i found that no matter which class i was playing, because of the ability system there were certain weapon combinations that i liked, but just weren’t viable for topping dps or having good utility in PvP.

So pretty much I’m asking, is it possible to succeed while picking your weapons based on personal preference, rather than being forced to just use whatever weapons are considered “best”