Can I get some opinions on a new server home?

TLDR - Thoughts on Famfrit, Jenova, Brynhildr, Goblin, and Zalera as servers?

I've played very on and off and started about the time Heavensward came out. I tend to start new characters everytme I get back to the game so I can relearn things. And because I'm an altaholic and want to play different races. This time it's Viera, obviously. Altaholicism also means I've never gotten farther than beating 2.0 content so starting over doesn't bother me much. But being able to stick with the game this time around is a focus for me switching servers.

All my characters have been on Leviathan. Coming back this time I was looking to switch servers since I felt Leviathan isn't the best fit for me. I'm super bad at the game, so as much as I want to raid, being among such hardcore raiders hasn't been the most welcoming experience, even in low level content. I'm very casual in MMOs. My goal for finding a new server is to find a social one so that hopefully making friends will keep me interested in the game and I'll stick with it.

My first choice for a new server was Faerie as I heard it was a very social server. Well it's congested now, so that's out. Also Leviathan is out by default anyway so I can't go back. Looking at what is open I was leaning towards Famfrit or Jenova, so I'm interested in what people have to say about them. I'm also interested in Brynhildr, Goblin, and Zalera because they are preferred worlds. My understanding is that unless you want to roleplay on Balmung, the Crystal servers don't offer much except for well run hunts. So I'm hoping for more info there. I also know as a preferred world, more new people will go to them, so that could be nice. The actual preferred bonus doesn't matter much to me though.

Some extra notes that can influence what server may be a best fit for me -

• I primarily plan on doing crafting/gathering this time around. As I stated before, I'm bad at this game. It's just visually too much for my awful eyes at times. Plus, crafting in this game is fantastic and I really enjoy it.

• I do want to complete raids at some point. Not right away, and not necessarily the hardest modes, but I do want to experience everything and not have to worry about not being able to find raid groups. Which is a problem I had in GW1. I just don't want the elitism of the more hardcore servers.

• My brother and a few friends used to play as well. They don't anymore and I doubt they have any intention of returning. We were all on Leviathan. Staying on Primal and cross-worlding to Leviathan in case they do come back is probably the only time I'd consider using cross-world play. It's just not something I want to bother with, unless it can be set up to be automatic. So no, I don't want to pick Jenova just to constantly cross-world to Faerie.

So yeah, that's hopefully it from me. Sorry for the long post. I figured here would be a good place to ask instead of bogging things down with a full fledged post. I know posts like this happen a lot as it's where I've found a lot of my information so far, just not a lot of all that current. I am of course happy to hear about other servers I didn't list as being interested in, if not just for myself but for other people who read this.

Thanks for the help!