[kupoartist]

still not out in Europe, so my Character is still in a purely conceptual state

Actually, Square-Enix-Europe emailed people who've signed up with them with sign ups for a Closed European Beta to test Euro-ISP compatability about 2 weeks ago. I was one of these people, but i'm still waiting to hear if I'll get a chance to play a pre-release Europe version... Unless they phone / Email / Send soon, i'm assuming that i'm not one of the lucky ones