Yeah unfortunately we're blocking cmd -> "ping theoxserver.com -t" so you can't test it there. However, if you have XenoBot
(or any other bot that shows your ping) you can test it out this coming weekend. My ping to the server from Texas is roughly 120-125. My ping to Cipsoft's European servers from Texas is roughly 180-190
(just tested both, just for you).
@Sir Knighter as well.
As for the shop, we're working on coding in the limitations we want to set in place that should help against someone buying 1,000 boots of haste to sell to an NPC.
For example, vocation, level, magic level, etc. I can't go into too many details at this time.
EDIT: I forgot to mention, we plan to open a NA server if the EU server is successful but that may be quite a few months
(or longer) after we launch the EU server.