Would it be possible to get a list of the new servers?

[Xerius]

One thing that's been on my mind is my social lists, more specifically my Friends List, in ARR. I was curious if there were any plans to release a full list of what the servers are going to be called so me and my friends in the game can all end up on the same server and don't get split up because we didn't all pick the same server?

[Zenaku]

I think the open beta Server list would be the same as the release that what they did for 1.0. I'm guessing they be over 3 per area if they need to add more they will if things get full i guess but just have to wait too then.l

[Rau]

I wonder what the motif will be.

Pre merge was towns and cities, post merge swords/megaweapons. I wonder if they'll go back to summons like in XI, but something else like Airship names would be cool too.

[Cynthis]

I think the open beta Server list would be the same as the release that what they did for 1.0.

Sadly the open beta won't start until after Nov 1st so that doesn't help us keep our communities together. Completely agree with OP, forcing us to deal with this outside the game would be another really poor choice by SE. I keep harping on about this but here is another example. If they still have no idea what servers they will have on release then the release is quite far off. If they know, then why not tell us even if the details might change?

[Catapult]

Meh

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[Junnichi]

As far as I know existing characters can't be transfered to other servers at release, right?!
We will have to stay on our old worlds (with a new server structure, but same community and such).
Because of this our/your ls members don't have to select a world at all.
Only new characters can be made on any (old and new) world.

That means all those characters already existent just stay as they are. And if you have friends who want to start playing FFXIV with ARR release then tell them to create their characters on your old world, too.

We'll have to wait some more time (after release) till we can transfer to other servers. And then we'll already know which worlds were created, and we can tell the destination server to everyone ingame.

[Romowens01]

As far as I know existing characters can't be transfered to other servers at release, right?!
We will have to stay on our old worlds (with a new server structure, but same community and such).
Because of this our/your ls members don't have to select a world at all.
Only new characters can be made on any (old and new) world.

That means all those characters already existent just stay as they are. And if you have friends who want to start playing FFXIV with ARR release then tell them to create their characters on your old world, too.

We'll have to wait some more time (after release) till we can transfer to other servers. And then we'll already know which worlds were created, and we can tell the destination server to everyone ingame.

You are wrong on this. Currently we have 10 servers. They will be split up between JP, NA and EU. When ARR is released, you will be able to pick between any of those 10 servers. Not sure how this will be done (during character creating or through a NPC).
Also when ARR is released, there will be (say 3) new servers created. These servers will only be for new characters for now. At a later date (not mentioned yet) you will be able to transfer to these new servers but not until they are established.
When a new character is created they will be able to select from any of the 10 previous servers or from the 3 (guessing) new servers.

There's a thread somewhere with a DEV that commented on this.

[Catapult]

You are wrong on this. Currently we have 10 servers. They will be split up between JP, NA and EU. When ARR is released, you will be able to pick between any of those 10 servers. Not sure how this will be done (during character creating or through a NPC).
Also when ARR is released, there will be (say 3) new servers created. These servers will only be for new characters for now. At a later date (not mentioned yet) you will be able to transfer to these new servers but not until they are established.
When a new character is created they will be able to select from any of the 10 previous servers or from the 3 (guessing) new servers.

There's a thread somewhere with a DEV that commented on this.

No, you are wrong on this.

Based on the last server merge experience, SE are not foolish enough to allow server communities to be split up through a "pick your server" system. We are expecting to stay with our existing communities unless SE makes an articulated move to the contrary, which it is getting a little late for. Server transfer systems are not expected until after launch.

The remainder of your post is not in contradiction with Jun's.

[Romowens01]

No, you are wrong on this.

Based on the last server merge experience, SE are not foolish enough to allow server communities to be split up through a "pick your server" system. We are expecting to stay with our existing communities unless SE makes an articulated move to the contrary, which it is getting a little late for. Server transfer systems are not expected until after launch.

The remainder of your post is not in contradiction with Jun's.

From http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ransfer-in-2.0

When service begins for A Realm Reborn we'll be creating new worlds for new players. For a certain amount of time, existing users will be unable to move. (This is the information we received, but we'll be trying to get clarification on this later today)

Before we finalize details for current players wishing to transfer, we'll need to consider how we'd want to handle returning players. We'll be looking at the options with regard to the Beta Test conditions.

Some of you have been asking about the bullet point we mentioned during the FINAL FANTASY 25th Anniversary Event Special Talk Session about “improving the amount of freedom of world transfers” -- this meant that we will be setting up a world transfer service similar to FFXI.

Sorry, to clarify, our post is specifically answering a question about users wanting to change after they've chosen new servers. We're not saying existing players will remain on current servers until a time that is designated for people to move.

Hopefully that clears that up!

Greetings!

I have a bit of follow up information in regards to world selection when A Realm Reborn begins.

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Also, for current players, it will be possible to create a new character on the new worlds. However, existing players will not be able to move to these new worlds for a certain period of time.

Granted they did not come straight out and "clear things up" as they hoped. But the underlined quote tells me that there will be an initial server transfer at launch. But after that initial transfer, you will have to wait until they set up the transfer similar to FFXI transfer system.
I mean they are doing this to improve the latency between NA/EU and JP datacenters. So you are telling me that they are doing this and if my server (Excalibur) is one of the JP servers, that I will have to 'deal' with it until something is implemented at a later date? The credit I give them is on a short leash but they wouldn't make this huge move to improve the response times unless they allowed people to move their characters in order to benefit from the change.

[Catapult]

Ok, granted, we may have a server transfer system in place before we are allowed to move to new worlds. However it is not guaranteed as being simultaneous to launch and they have only left possibilities open, not made a definitive call on what is happening.

You are quoting typical SE "we haven't nutted that part out yet so please don't make assumptions" statements.

Before we finalize details for current players wishing to transfer, we'll need to consider how we'd want to handle returning players. We'll be looking at the options with regard to the Beta Test conditions.

You're of course correct that I should not have ruled out the possibility as far as I did.