by T0ne » Tue Apr 23, 2013 7:39 pm
I think we really need to see some sort of server merger. Each and every time I look at the Salem numbers they seem to be lower then the last time. On the other hand I check out HnH activity and see they seem to be on the rise.
At this point a new server would go far towards making some of us happy, but it would also piss off a lot of the existing player base, more so the ones who have invested all the time/money to get to the top of the pack. This leads me to believe the only real way of fixing this would be to merge the current servers (maps) while adding the ability to expand the map further, as/if needed. The newest zone/map would be flagged as such and the wilderness guides would allow new players to teleport to the "newbie zone" or to one of the existing, older, more established maps. Maybe with an expanded, much larger map we could get access to those mounts that I have seen in every single Salem video for the last year, yet still are not in game.
For all I know it may be "impossible" from a technical perspective with their current server infrastructure, but it seems that something drastic needs to happen both in terms of the upcoming patches/balance changes and overall the direction this game is going.