Since I cant post a reply in the Announcement that was made I figured I would just make this post.
Im gonna go ahead and plagarize something from another community online I am active in.
These are several of the worlds with where some of the Big online communities have pledged to go.
US Worlds
Anvil Rock - 4chan /vg/, Facepunch
Borlis Pass - OMFGcata
Yak’s Bend - Yogcast, GW2 Guru, GameTrailers, Kinda Ferocious, ZAM
Henge of Denravi - NeoGAF, Guild Wars Reporter
Maguuma - MMORPG.com, Aureus Knights, Knights of Eminence, Better Late Than Never, Sages' Lost Intrigues
Sorrow’s Furnace - (DAoC Vets), VexX Gaming (PvP), Hearts of Chaos (PvX),GuildMag, Kabal, GWDen.com, Arena Junkies, Perfect in Theory (PvP), Descendants of Honor (PvX), Guild Wars Insider
Kaineng- (Asian Guilds) Thai Alliance
Jade Quarry - PVP, Decisive Action (PvP), Lion's Arch Radio/Blue Isle
Fort Aspenwood - RMA Clan (PVP), Penny Arcade
Ehmry Bay
Ferguson’s Crossing
Darkhaven - Reddit (main), Reddit WvW, Oceanic alt, Almost Famous (PvP), Gamebreaker
Vasburg - joO Binder (PvP)
Eredon Terrace -(Québec/French Canadian)
Crystal Desert - (SouthEast Asia)forums.hardwarezone.com.sg, Team Legacy (this was considered the top WvW server in BWE3)
Tarnished Coast - Unofficial Roleplaying server, The Gentlemen's Club, rpg.net, Reddit's GW2 Official RP Guild
Steamspur Mountains -Dragon Chasers
Blazeridge Mountains - The Gaming Ent, /r/trees
Isle of Janthir - Boons & Conditions, Redditors of the Mists(The Official Reddit Alliance *note that this is different than Reddit at large*)
Sea of Sorrows - SomethingAwful, (Oceanic), (Downunder/AUS/NZ), (South East Asia) The Australian Cybergamer, Harlequin, Aurora Australis, Yakisoba, Aggroculture
Deldrimor - (Latin American)La Hermandad, (Spanish) GuildWars2-Online.com
Scavenger’s Causeway
Moladune
Eternal Grove - Sea of Stars & Star Onions, Tribe Gaming
EU Worlds
Kodonur
Gandara - (English) GW2guru, Futilez (PvP), (UK Guild x1)
Kodash - guildmag.com
Blacktide - (Russian) (Polish) (Dutch), Midnight Mayhem (PvX), guildwars.pl, guildwars2.com.pl, GoHa.ru, Ancientz of Bronze Dragonflight, 4Gamers.be, guildwars-2.ru,
Istan - MMORPG.com, Ragnarok, (Finnish) Frozen Dawn, (French) Luna Atra, (FR) JV.com, (FR) Univers Virtuels
Vabbi - 4chan/vg/, mmorpg.pl
Kourna - (French) gw2.fr
Fissure of Woe - (Italian Guilds), (Romanian Guilds), SomethingAwful, (Italian) mmorpgitalia.it, TKOT
Underworld - (Portugese), Maltese Community, 4chan alt
Ring of Fire - (French) Fr-GuildWars2.net),The Bulgarians (PvP), Facepunch
Far Shiverpeaks - (Dutch) GW2nl.nl, GW2nl.nl, (Nordic/Norway/Sweden) guildwars2.no, gw2sverige.se, Guildwars2.dk, Ragnarok Of Primordus, Tweakers.net, Sweclockers.com, The Northern Assembly
Petrified Forest - Unofficial Roleplaying server
Jade Sea - NeoGAF
Desolation - (UK Guilds) Rockpapershotgun, PCGamer
Magus Falls - (German Guilds)
Whiteside Ridge - Reddit (main), GameTrailers, (Israel) Israeli Community
Fort Ranik - (French)JeuxOnline, (French Guilds) JoL, CanardPC, hardwareFR, (Dutch) 9lives.be, gw2.variance.hu
Ruins of Surmia - (Spanish) GuildWars2-Online.com, Reddit's Official EU RP guild
Sharp’s Corner - (Spanish alt) GuildWars2-Online.com
Aurora Glade - (Spanish alt) GuildWars2-Online.com
Riverside - Guild Wars 2 Slovenia, Slovak and Czech community
Elona Reach - (German) wartower.de, gw2.onlinewelten.de, guild- wars-2.net
Augury Rock - (German Alt)
Abaddon’s Mouth - (German Alt)
With all that being said I put forth the question: Is a higher population or lower population server a better choice?
I would tend to think that avoiding the highest population server (likely Sorrows Furnace) is a good option in favor of either Isle of Janthir or Darkheaven (with my personal preference being Isle of Janthir just because of the lore). I think however it was mentioned in another post that Darkheaven was the preferred server for BWE. The thing I see about that server however from the list is that it seems to be a pvp centric list of people, which is fine but not what I recall a lot of people in LP being interested in during GW1. Just my two cents and maybe some useful information, take it as you will.
Edit - 8/2/2012 for updates that I am aware of.
Im gonna go ahead and plagarize something from another community online I am active in.
These are several of the worlds with where some of the Big online communities have pledged to go.
US Worlds
Anvil Rock - 4chan /vg/, Facepunch
Borlis Pass - OMFGcata
Yak’s Bend - Yogcast, GW2 Guru, GameTrailers, Kinda Ferocious, ZAM
Henge of Denravi - NeoGAF, Guild Wars Reporter
Maguuma - MMORPG.com, Aureus Knights, Knights of Eminence, Better Late Than Never, Sages' Lost Intrigues
Sorrow’s Furnace - (DAoC Vets), VexX Gaming (PvP), Hearts of Chaos (PvX),GuildMag, Kabal, GWDen.com, Arena Junkies, Perfect in Theory (PvP), Descendants of Honor (PvX), Guild Wars Insider
Kaineng- (Asian Guilds) Thai Alliance
Jade Quarry - PVP, Decisive Action (PvP), Lion's Arch Radio/Blue Isle
Fort Aspenwood - RMA Clan (PVP), Penny Arcade
Ehmry Bay
Ferguson’s Crossing
Darkhaven - Reddit (main), Reddit WvW, Oceanic alt, Almost Famous (PvP), Gamebreaker
Vasburg - joO Binder (PvP)
Eredon Terrace -(Québec/French Canadian)
Crystal Desert - (SouthEast Asia)forums.hardwarezone.com.sg, Team Legacy (this was considered the top WvW server in BWE3)
Tarnished Coast - Unofficial Roleplaying server, The Gentlemen's Club, rpg.net, Reddit's GW2 Official RP Guild
Steamspur Mountains -Dragon Chasers
Blazeridge Mountains - The Gaming Ent, /r/trees
Isle of Janthir - Boons & Conditions, Redditors of the Mists(The Official Reddit Alliance *note that this is different than Reddit at large*)
Sea of Sorrows - SomethingAwful, (Oceanic), (Downunder/AUS/NZ), (South East Asia) The Australian Cybergamer, Harlequin, Aurora Australis, Yakisoba, Aggroculture
Deldrimor - (Latin American)La Hermandad, (Spanish) GuildWars2-Online.com
Scavenger’s Causeway
Moladune
Eternal Grove - Sea of Stars & Star Onions, Tribe Gaming
EU Worlds
Kodonur
Gandara - (English) GW2guru, Futilez (PvP), (UK Guild x1)
Kodash - guildmag.com
Blacktide - (Russian) (Polish) (Dutch), Midnight Mayhem (PvX), guildwars.pl, guildwars2.com.pl, GoHa.ru, Ancientz of Bronze Dragonflight, 4Gamers.be, guildwars-2.ru,
Istan - MMORPG.com, Ragnarok, (Finnish) Frozen Dawn, (French) Luna Atra, (FR) JV.com, (FR) Univers Virtuels
Vabbi - 4chan/vg/, mmorpg.pl
Kourna - (French) gw2.fr
Fissure of Woe - (Italian Guilds), (Romanian Guilds), SomethingAwful, (Italian) mmorpgitalia.it, TKOT
Underworld - (Portugese), Maltese Community, 4chan alt
Ring of Fire - (French) Fr-GuildWars2.net),The Bulgarians (PvP), Facepunch
Far Shiverpeaks - (Dutch) GW2nl.nl, GW2nl.nl, (Nordic/Norway/Sweden) guildwars2.no, gw2sverige.se, Guildwars2.dk, Ragnarok Of Primordus, Tweakers.net, Sweclockers.com, The Northern Assembly
Petrified Forest - Unofficial Roleplaying server
Jade Sea - NeoGAF
Desolation - (UK Guilds) Rockpapershotgun, PCGamer
Magus Falls - (German Guilds)
Whiteside Ridge - Reddit (main), GameTrailers, (Israel) Israeli Community
Fort Ranik - (French)JeuxOnline, (French Guilds) JoL, CanardPC, hardwareFR, (Dutch) 9lives.be, gw2.variance.hu
Ruins of Surmia - (Spanish) GuildWars2-Online.com, Reddit's Official EU RP guild
Sharp’s Corner - (Spanish alt) GuildWars2-Online.com
Aurora Glade - (Spanish alt) GuildWars2-Online.com
Riverside - Guild Wars 2 Slovenia, Slovak and Czech community
Elona Reach - (German) wartower.de, gw2.onlinewelten.de, guild- wars-2.net
Augury Rock - (German Alt)
Abaddon’s Mouth - (German Alt)
With all that being said I put forth the question: Is a higher population or lower population server a better choice?
I would tend to think that avoiding the highest population server (likely Sorrows Furnace) is a good option in favor of either Isle of Janthir or Darkheaven (with my personal preference being Isle of Janthir just because of the lore). I think however it was mentioned in another post that Darkheaven was the preferred server for BWE. The thing I see about that server however from the list is that it seems to be a pvp centric list of people, which is fine but not what I recall a lot of people in LP being interested in during GW1. Just my two cents and maybe some useful information, take it as you will.
Edit - 8/2/2012 for updates that I am aware of.