Quote Originally Posted by Sidious View Post

Third, you have over a month to select your world. If you're on a month long+ vacation, I'd say you have it too good to be fretting over your FFXIV server. Military deployments are a little different, but that's really part of the package when you choose to join the armed forces. If giving up your FFXIV server is the greatest sacrifice you have to make for your country during your deployment, then consider yourself luckier than most.
What about those people who already have vacation planned for the beginning of March? Or even those who have rl issues pop up. Either way, a currently active paying player may get screwed just because they're unable to log in during that little time window.