How should the next expansion be handled? For new players/characters?

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SE has been working on creating a new starting point for the game to benefit new players/characters.

I expect it to get mentioned at the FanFests this year since 7.0 would be the perfect time to implement it. Whether they'll give new characters a choice of starting points or they will automatically get the new starting point with the option to play ARR-EW via New Game+, I don't know.

This is speculation - Do you have hard evidence that they're doing this, or is it the community coping? I would ASSUME they would do it, but I can't find any hard evidence.