SE has made some bad decisions regarding this game, and the gaming press already knows that. I'm sure that anything they do know pre-2.0 can't make things worse.

Look it like this: merge the servers now and make your current customers happy, or keep the servers the way they are and take a gamble on losing your customers and another one on 2.0 being a good game in the eyes on the press.

Well, at least that's how I see it.