Quote Originally Posted by Raist View Post
Have to keep in mind that a considerable portion of the players may not actually be in the EU region. Players create characters across different regions all the time. Unless SE has put forth a concerted effort to determine exactly where logins come from (which can be misleading because of VPN usage), the languages actually used, the version of the client, etc.---they may not have an accurate enough picture to tell exactly how many people to expect on the EU servers. They likely have a better understanding then we ever will though, since we don't have access to any of the actual live data.

If there was a need to create a new world, they would have ponied up the money to build a new cluster of servers to support one (or reserved the virtual resources to create a new world(s) within an existing cluster). If they have to build new clusters to support new worlds, those setups do NOT come cheap. Even setting up a new virtual space may not be a trivial expense either (more drive/RAM, licenses, man-hours, etc.), and unless there will be an extreme overload on the existing servers (which there doesn't appear to be as is with the mix of regions on them currently), there should be no need for the extra expense.

We may find a lot of people jump ship and move to NA/JP servers once all this shakes out. We simply don't know. Just like they simply didn't know for a fact how things would work out at ARR's launch. But...we survived that just fine with all the "old" worlds in place at that time. In fact, don't know if you could really say any of the worlds were actually "new". The name may have been new, but there was enough of an experienced population to go around that I doubt there was a world full of newbies out there that were running around completely clueless. Regardless, if a player is new to the game/franchise, it will be new to them regardless if there are 1000 or 10,000 players active at launch. Unless they are willing to step up and communicate with other players, it won't matter much if the players are still wet behind the ears or seasoned veterans if they aren't interacting with them.

The point is, there may be plenty of resources available to support the EU community at launch. If not, then SE will regroup and make adjustments just like they have in the past.
I agree with you. Still if Chaos Data Center is capable of hosting 1 or 2 new worlds I dont see why not.