Quote Originally Posted by Murugan View Post
It doesn't give equal opportunity to new players at all though because it isn't a character wipe, people will still fill up servers by transfering in groups causing many new players (and some players who tried to transfer with friends) to be unable to create characters there. New players instead will be funneled into low pop servers. Returning players will also be at a disadvantage because they won't know anyone on their server.

I haven't seen any attempt to justify why they are doing it this way without first doing a regular server merge for those of us who don't want to transfer so that we don't have to scramble to get on the same server as some of our friends.
Chill out. I'm on your side. I just said that this flame war showed me a point for the opposition and I was able to accept it. I then said that those benefits still didn't outweigh the losses in my mind. So I'm still on your side.

It will not give them equal opportunities fiscally or in character level, but when we form tight groups of friends and tight linkshells, there is difficulty in being the new guy. Even after you're invited to a shell, often you sit there for a few days, then say something here and there, and if you get positive feedback, you'll start talking more; if you don't, you'll just be less prone to talk and feel like you don't fit in. Psychology+comm theory. They'll never be able to fit in like those of us that have been playing together for months or more. If you want to see that post, click my name and look for threads I've started. It's called "Server Merge" or something like that. It will give them a chance to join a community that is not established, giving them just as much confidence and acceptance as anyone.

Unfortunately, I don't think the current server merge will entirely address that issue either. Hence why it didn't change my mind. And moreso, this issue will just happen again for every single new player. It's not a good enough reason for me.