I vote no to this, as I like to see who I am purchasing from. I, for example, won't buy from people that are rather rude and such in chat, it's the principle of the matter. :)
It's amazing how many people think that the bug fixes won't get done because another team is working on adding new stuff for us. It's as if people think only one person is developing the game or something.
Considering their plan is to make it one big server, you have no worries about not being able to play with friends. :) Also, you can purchase up to 50 character slots.