Quote Originally Posted by Padishah View Post
Anyone with PR experience knows the best strategy usually is to be honest and upfront. Server populations are low and that is negatively impacting player experience for many of the players. While the PR for merging servers may initially be bad it will be forgotten over time if the player base is satisfied with the merger. Not merging servers will just cause continued angst among the active player base and continue to feed a negative perception over a longer duration. Don't forget, word of mouth can be just as powerful as a magazine article.
agreed. i know many people that play this game that go on these review sites that are always throwing their opinions there because they feel they are listened to more there than here. does anyone here not think that those sites don't already know that people on some of the servers feel like they are playing in a ghost town?

yes, a server merge may look bad initially, but it will look much better when the players that were going on there complaining about things go back in and say that the game is becoming more enjoyable. as long as the majority of current players can't even come up with nothing more than "it's not that bad" or "well it is being completely redone" the opinions of people outside of the game will never change. once people that are actually playing the game can start saying "my gaming experience is getting alot better" nobody will even consider changing their minds.

no matter what changes are put into the game(good or bad depending on opinions) being forced to play solo in a mmo because a server is dead is not going to make them enjoy the game more.