Quote Originally Posted by Shikaree View Post
Plan #2 should have been the way to go from the start. Those on lesser populated servers are well aware of the state their realm is in and many should be prepared that their server will be gone.

The servers that are staying should be able to keep their communities intact, with those that want to join friends elsewhere still have that option.

Looking everywhere, you can see in general each region wants to keep their community as intact as possible.
I think how YoshiP mentioned #4 option with #2 so if players want they may still have the option to move to any server they want.