Why are people assuming they'll have to pay to transfer to the new servers or have to start all over? Far as I know it's par for the course when adding Worlds in an MMO that transfers are freely given (have to properly populate the new Worlds) and when a transfer happens your character data (levels, items, quest progress etc.) goes with you. You don't start over. I played FFXI and have witnessed server expansions. SE has never charged for transfers that are required to populate a new server...