I would like to hear some word on this as well. I was lucky to get three of my friends on the same server, but my brother was not able to play during P4 or EA, so he didn't make a character and now he can't make a character on our server. It is frustrating because he is not big into MMOs to start with but I got him to give FFXIV a try. I want to help him out with the game but now can't even play together with him!