I didn't even see that many sites report on the FFXIV 2.0 announcement. Something makes me think that they could not care less if there was a server merge. In fact, I am sure they were even expecting a server merge quite a long, long time ago.

From where we are now, this game can only go up. Don't get me wrong, this game has improved dramatically since when it first launched. However, I don't think they should screw over the player base they managed to keep for the sake of keeping a few sites from reporting on server merges for a game that most assumed was already dead.

E3 this year will be their miraculous rebirth in the eyes of of the media, until then, I think they should do their best to keep their paying player base happy.