Since the thread has had 51 views, 17 votes, and only 2 responses I did a bit of digging to help shed some light on the subject.
I found two articles that related to server selection. The first was an old article posted on January 23, 2010 and pretty stated server selection at the start of the game wouldn't be possible. The text in red is the actual question and answer while the text in black below it is the authors musings.
http://www.eorzeapedia.com/2010/01/23/de...ommentary/
Ｑ：What can you tell us about the transition from the Beta to the final version or about world transfers in general?
Ａ：Once service starts, we want to make it so you can move along with the friends you make during the Beta to the same world. As for world transfers, that may be a possibility in the future, with some limitations probably.
Square Enix really messed up server selection the first time around with XI. You simply have to be able to play (from the very start) with existing friends. Frankly, this is even more critical this time around where players will almost certainly be moving en masse from XI. I expect this to be addressed from the very beginning, and not to limited to only those who beta test, as this suggests.
June 2, 2010 Nobuaki Komoto stated, however, that while you couldn't select servers for the Beta at the moment it was something they were working towards.
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/finalfant...pid=960613
Unfortunately, a World selection feature will not yet be available. We understand the inconvenience this causes, as many of you no doubt wish to create characters on the least-populated Worlds or on the same Worlds as your friends. For now we apologize for not having this option ready, and ask for your understanding and patience for the time being.
It was also stated in several articles I read that people you start the Beta with are people you will definitely be able to start the game with. After all, how can you reserve a name during Beta if they're going to mix up the servers again? - It's logical to assume all the server names will stay the same OR the characters on a Beta Server will be transferred to a server with a new name.
Since I have no doubt a majority of us will want to play in the Beta, this is the time when we need to select a server. If there is no server selection available at that time (which I doubt considering Nobuaki Komoto's statement) then the server which the most roleplayers end up on will no doubt become the server everyone will start on. A natural monopoly?
At least during Beta no one is going out of their way to pre-order the game, going all the way out to get it (I have no doubt I will be up early and ready to get my copy that day), paying money... and then twiddling their thumbs while the server selection is debated. People can wait a day during Beta for the selection :p
* Sorry if this post seems curt but my daughter is sick so I ended up getting rushed a bit ^^;;
I found two articles that related to server selection. The first was an old article posted on January 23, 2010 and pretty stated server selection at the start of the game wouldn't be possible. The text in red is the actual question and answer while the text in black below it is the authors musings.
http://www.eorzeapedia.com/2010/01/23/de...ommentary/
Ｑ：What can you tell us about the transition from the Beta to the final version or about world transfers in general?
Ａ：Once service starts, we want to make it so you can move along with the friends you make during the Beta to the same world. As for world transfers, that may be a possibility in the future, with some limitations probably.
Square Enix really messed up server selection the first time around with XI. You simply have to be able to play (from the very start) with existing friends. Frankly, this is even more critical this time around where players will almost certainly be moving en masse from XI. I expect this to be addressed from the very beginning, and not to limited to only those who beta test, as this suggests.
June 2, 2010 Nobuaki Komoto stated, however, that while you couldn't select servers for the Beta at the moment it was something they were working towards.
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/finalfant...pid=960613
Unfortunately, a World selection feature will not yet be available. We understand the inconvenience this causes, as many of you no doubt wish to create characters on the least-populated Worlds or on the same Worlds as your friends. For now we apologize for not having this option ready, and ask for your understanding and patience for the time being.
It was also stated in several articles I read that people you start the Beta with are people you will definitely be able to start the game with. After all, how can you reserve a name during Beta if they're going to mix up the servers again? - It's logical to assume all the server names will stay the same OR the characters on a Beta Server will be transferred to a server with a new name.
Since I have no doubt a majority of us will want to play in the Beta, this is the time when we need to select a server. If there is no server selection available at that time (which I doubt considering Nobuaki Komoto's statement) then the server which the most roleplayers end up on will no doubt become the server everyone will start on. A natural monopoly?
At least during Beta no one is going out of their way to pre-order the game, going all the way out to get it (I have no doubt I will be up early and ready to get my copy that day), paying money... and then twiddling their thumbs while the server selection is debated. People can wait a day during Beta for the selection :p
* Sorry if this post seems curt but my daughter is sick so I ended up getting rushed a bit ^^;;
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