Okay I'll stop beating the dead horse as there appears to be some budging in the never will launch concessions. Good progress.
Moving on to the fair presumption it launches after I've withered on the throne of Roha.
If you're familiar with the recent EQ2 server debacles, you'll understand the necessity of a pvp server to keep a certain type on its own island. I mean, I expect all of those critters to come over along with the VZTZ community. Oh, don't make a pvp server at all then you might say. Consider that being amongst you instead, finding other ways to get their jollies.
Glad they agreed to one shard but I gotta highly suggest a hands off SZ style approach to all of it. Actually, WoW was pretty good about hands off from pvp and all the corpse camping and crocodile tears that came with it... I think, at least in my experience. I'd make sure there's a nice fat disclaimer when choosing enter world there for the first time too.