Yes, it's all well and good for my current active ls members. We can talk and figure out where our new home is.

But I have a couple close friends I've made over the months, one is off at boot camp and the other is having some medical issues. Both of them won't be around for the merge, and even though they'll be back soon, they'll get tossed to some random server!

Seriously, wtf SE? Either merge a server into another one, or allow returning players to choose. Don't auto kick them to randomness.