I was curious to see what the JP thought of the dwindling numbers of NA players so I made a post on their forums asking if they noticed the decrease and whether or not they think a merge is wanted or not.

Players responded by saying that they definitely noticed a decrease in NA players, but also in JP.

Most players seem to worry about issues with names if a server change happens. For that reason, they don't really want one apparently.

I'm still interested in a merge even if my name changes however.