You just changed around what you've been saying all along right there... and I just posted on my server numbers so, I don't see any surge of returnees like you keep forecasting.
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Where are you getting your information from? Because apparently the rest of us did not get the memo...
You say it will benefit "few" yet, based upon the lack of "likes" on your OP, the MAJORITY of the forum posters see the server merger as an all around benefit.
You say it "will mess up the lives of players" yet with the new server merger modality (server A+B = new server 1) I don't see how anyone's life will get messed up by this seeing as communities will not only be preserved, but increased in size of it's members.
You say " Why not wait 10 more months when 2.0 hits and then the new influx of players will balance population again" yet... how do you even know 2.0 launch will bring in a major influx of new players? You are just spouting assumptions.
You say that only "30 %" of the players want Server Merger yet, judging by the "10 likes" on your post and the "20 likes" on the post following your OP (at the time this was written) it looks to me like your math is wrong. Let me fix it for you:
(20/30) x100 = 66.67% of the players that bother voicing their opinions on the official forums support the Server Mergers.
You say SE "will need to add more servers when 2.0 hits" yet again, where the hell did you find your magic crystal ball that let's you see the outcome of the future?
And lastly, you claim that "this will contribute to more players leaving" yet, Judging by the majority vote, the opposite is true. Server Mergers will create a greater sense of community, allow players to form new bonds and friendships, meet new linkshells and players and all of this will contribute to a greater percentage of players sticking around.
To sum it up: Your entire OP is false, inaccurate, somewhat mystical in it's futuristic predictions and completely ignorant.
Remember when the good ol' days when changes were made and you just adjusted your game play to that.
- From the desk of: The People Against the Wussification of Eorzea
10 little months still sounds like a year to me. we are paying customers, we deserve better.
As long as there is more people for everyone to play with the better it is. At the end of the day we will all adjust and get used to whatever.
Looking forward to 1.21 one step at a time.
Server Merge please. More people to play with please. New faces please.
That is all.