Quote Originally Posted by Jennestia View Post
The ship as you say, may have sailed but unless I've missed a memo the media isn't stagnant they can easily influence people long after the fact, this is why things like hype exists, because it something that will happen long after an initial outlet gives info.

You really can't say for a second that there will be no negative reactions toward SE and FFXIV if sites like Gamespot or other major gaming websites announces that SE is merging XIV servers right as they start charging, I believe the saying is "kicking a dog while it's down" -- It is entirely possible to make matters worse, which it seems people who are in support of this don't realize it has a double sided effect.
If you don't like negative hype, you should have been more vocal against SE bringing up subscription fees at a time when the game isn't 100% (but instead you seemed to enjoy bullying people into leaving because they didn't want to pay full price), because really, that's going to be what the media is going to use to kill this game. Anything that happens after that really doesn't matter anymore. The damage is already done. It already looks bad. Is it really going to surprise anyone that servers may merge? Is anyone even going to keep beating the horse they've freshly killed?

So, all that's left is pleasing the die-hard players who are staying, because they're really all that's left. The only cavalry-over-the-hill FFXIV has in waiting is 2.0. So you may as well make 1.0 as comfortable as possible, bring the remaining players together, and not worry anymore about an already spoiled reputation in the media.