With EU data centre being moved and all, also with PS3 support getting closer to its end, I think it would be good idea to discuss potential of datacentre wide server merges.

The whole game is instanced so it shouldn't be as much of issue to let all the players of one datacentre play together. Some zones might get crowded, but there already were instances in play, so that feature is already implemented in a way. The only issue would be to change the way servers work to lower the loadout - which of course would take time and resources, but I think that we could aim for 4.0 with this change.

We can already queue with players from the same datacentre, so there must be some sort of technology which could be used to split up the world to lower the strain on the servers. Splitting the channels or parts of the world on separate hardware etc.

I think this change could enhance our social experience as we would have easier time creating and keeping relationships inside the data centre.