A suggestion from me dont start on a new server!
Just look around the servers that started this last month, all of them are empty (only around 10 people playing max)
If you really want to play for more than a month take the hit now and start on one of the older servers (best are the first servers in a region, so server 1 and 2 for US)
Yes you will be behind for 2-3 month but those servers are aktive and dont die in about 3-4 weeks.