Quote Originally Posted by Gramul View Post
So why do you think option 4 is better than option 2? Why can't you have both old AND new friends.
People are "QQing" about this because it's a big deal for people with large communities and multiple linkshells.
As far as I can see the only difference between 2 and 4 is that rather than everyone picking whatever they want you're given a 'suggested server', so to speak, and if you don't want it you can choose any of the other worlds.

I think the vast majority of people in World B would just go ahead and let the automatic transfer happen, barely anyone would opt for a different world, and World A would go over its set capacity. This would result in even more stress for the people who can't go to World A with their LSs and such. Although it sounds great, it wouldn't be perfect and you'd most likely lose friends or LSs to the population cap., which would be more traumatic to both parties.

I wish the merger didn't have to happen in the first place, and it does suck for people with multiple linkshells, but it shouldn't take much effort to try and negotiate a common world between yourselves and go for it. In either option 2 or 4, communities are going to have to cut ties when players decide to follow one LS over another or etc., and it would be great if that didn't have to happen, but it does. You might have to leave one of your LSs or say goodbye to a few in-game friends, but you'll have the opportunity to make new friends on the new server.