I wonder though... even though by 270 days of continuous subscription you would think most players would have joined a GC by then, but what about those players who haven't? Those which are just content to unlock the Armoury System and craft/gather to their heart's content without doing the storyline. Or those players who subscribed but couldn't get much playtime in to get to that point. I think in that case it should default to starting city, as at least that is constant with all players and not just a selection.

Still, either way, I think the little Kan-E-Senna minion is cute, but not as cute as the little FFI WHM minion coming with the 180 day reward. Squee!