I was on Remora every single day from 2004 to 2010, and factually Remora was the greatest server in the world by far.

In 2010, a few weeks before Aby arrived, Remora was shutdown, and we all became refugees washed up on the shores of Leviathan.

In many ways, Remora is a time-capsule of the old game. Remora died the month before Aby arrived, with the new level 76-99 content. Remora is forever level 75, forever old era FFXI. It was a wonderful world, a truly incredible place.

So we were all sad to leave Remora, but Leviathan is a friendly server and all of us REMugees were made to feel welcome on Levi. I've stayed on Leviathan every day since Remora passed away.

Leviathan is a quiet server, and many people have moved to Asura, including several people from my LS. I actually like the quiet nature of my world. I don't have to queue for ages at battlefield entrances, and there's always lots of unclaimed mobs for Capacity Points or just farming. The atmosphere is friendly and there's no need to fight eachother, because there are plenty of free camps and available instances.

So I do disagree with the OP. It is nice that he enjoys his busy server, but that doesn't mean that busy servers are somehow better than quiet servers. They are just different experiences. Some people prefer quiet servers, with available camps, and no queueing for battles.

Also I still remember the day Remora died, it was heartbreaking, and so I don't share the OP's enthusiasm for server merges.