Just want to point out that congestion - like what is happening on more populated servers for Salvage - doesn't just cause people to have to wait. It has been causing actual server issues:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...s-%28Apr.-6%29

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...s-%28Apr.-5%29

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th....-11%29http://

And then no one can do Salvage.

I'm not saying merges won't happen. But only SE knows the actual server populations, and they won't merge until it'll solve more problems than it will cause.