Not really, not even sure why this is being asked for. Relying on one server for the EU english client would be nuts if it ever went down, and cause serious lag issues for both sets of players now forced to use the same server.
Players would lose slots due to server merge and it would all be very messy!
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Not to mention that a server merge has been (repeatedly) ruled out.
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Check back through General Discussion - this idea's been very extensively discussed recently (and for many years before then).
Hmm, yet another thread on server merge.. really can't be bovvered to go over it all again, so I'll just add this:
Why do people keep asking? There must be a reason, so ask yourself why.
GR has repeated to satiety (almost "ad nauseam") that there are NO plans on merging servers, so this discussion thread should be locked because its triviality and redundancy.
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Be careful what you ask for; people had kept asking for PvP to get a bit of attention too. 
and look what they did to poor Hamidon when people asked for the big blob to be revised!
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I mentioned this on a board over in i14 suggestions, the server merge would solve the PvP issues, twice the players.. woohoo
Merge the servers and leave PvP alone!
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Well, if people really thought that a server merge would eliminate these problems, the answer is simple. They decide which server to support, and migrate their characters across.
So, Union is/eas the 'unofficial roleplay server', so you declare Defiant as the 'unofficial PvP server' and people who want to PvP move their main PvP characters to Defiant. PvP population goes up, you're happy.
I've noticed that it's often Defiant players who suggest this, so I assume Defiant has a (perceived) lower population, so why not move to Union?
Now, why is this not going to happen? Because the last thing people suggesting this want to do is actually make a choice, or pay for the move. It's there to do though, if you really think the server you're on is underpopulated.
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Merge the servers and leave PvP alone!
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Dumbest assertion ever! If you think these changes are being made because of EU PvP, you have a wonderful sense of humour.
No, these changes are largely for the US servers, which according to many have good, healthy populations and we should really merge the EU servers in with them! So, having more people to PvP with clearly does not solve the PvP problems in CoH. I personally doubt you can solve them, but then, I don't care. 
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or pay for the move
This is the issue, I have moved several of my toons to Union, but it's a bloody expensive business.
Sad thing is going on a number of NCSofts recent changes to things like Paid For respecs (rather than simply making the last TF repeatable) its most likely this is the offical line too (and why Sales are up this quarter when numbers are low).
As previously stated I'd like a system where there are Crossover zones, or some way of visiting a different shard for a play-session (so if there's no teams in Defiant Villains a Union villain team could spot and invite you instead and you could take a Portal to them, it even sorta fits with the whole Shard & Multiple Dimensions within CoH). You'd only need to rename the toon if the clashing toon on the hosting Shard was active and had logged in recently really, and you could rename them automatically in that case as it's not permanent.
Server Merge?
No thanks i like my character names and would be very disappointed/upset/angry (yes i really do like some of my alts that much) if i was to loose there names in fact depending which ones i lost and how many i would more than likely leave the game as having spent almost the best part of 4 years with a good few of them and only now getting them to a point where i really enjoy them something as drastic as loosing a name would destroy my will to play them.
So that's a big NO to a server merge from me.
However i wouldn't complain if they were to merge the server lists(UK and US) but that's a hole other set of problems
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That would seem like an excellent way to handle PvP Zones, but the technical difficulties would be... interesting. Most of the obvious ones (name conflicts) have ways around them (appending a server name to the player name for the duration), but the sheer fun involved in, for example, sharing the data between two databases and making sure it's all kept stable and up to date for zone transitions gives me a bad case of heartburn.
It also has the distinct disadvantage of leaving out two groups of players. It could obviously and easily be applied to the US servers, even if they had to be paired up, but the French and German servers would have no partners.
Still, it would be an elegent solution to underpopulated PvP zones, if the reason they were underpopulated was a general lack of population. However, I doubt it is.
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Is it time for the flame war again, doesn't seem long since the last one!
Do I'd not want a server merge as I might loose some of my characters names as they may be in use on the other server.
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Your about to live up to your forum name, by opening up this Pandora's Box.... 
This thread will be locked after the first post that requires moderation, so if you wish to discuss this please very carefully consider how you word your posts.
However, I will just reiterate for now: I am not aware of any plans to merge servers anytime in the near future.
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You know GR you would be much quicker just sticking that in you sig.
* Server merge... - No, not a good idea... For several already stated reasons
* Crossover merged PVP zones... - Fantastic idea. The stated added name for the server where the person is from will be the solution to the double name problem. This will bring waaay more PVP-ers together
* Server List merge... - One list showing all servers and transfer possibility between them. Very good as it will give us one community... and waay more options.
* One global over all servers combined... - This will give a global name change which is not that bihg of a problem. Global names is not so important that there is no way around it.
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Normally I am in favour of a server merger and even better an EU-US server merge.
However. With I13, we will become Mac compatible. I am hoping this will bring some much needed new blood into the game. So I will await the results of that one before i jump into the server merge bandwagon again.
I think the main danger(s) in a server merge run like this;
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1) Server groups have their own lore, reknowned figures, etc. You effectively have to start over if the servers are merged, which could lead to some bad feeling.
2) The numerous possibilities of conflicting names/SG names, which *would* cause problems, wether RP players or not. People care about characters that, as someone said, they have spent 4 years playing.
3) Possible over crowding. Now, that only comes in if there was ever, somehow, an EU US merge...there would be a LOT of people. And, thus, a much larger ammount of lag, unless the servers got quite a large boost. Seeing as we get lag spikes now, with middling servers, due to invasions etc. that does not bode well, really.
Anyway. I don't see a huge reason to start getting out the d00m sandwhich boards and such. But it may be worth keeping a weather, and level headed, eye out.
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* Server merge... - No, not a good idea... For several already stated reasons.
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While i think this would be a good idea. I am more in favour for a server list merge.
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If this is just the EU servers then I am not so sure if this will give us many more PvP'ers. Sure, it will add the players from Zukunft and Vigilance into the mayhem. But I expect that the def players who want to PvP to be on Union allready.
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* Server List merge... - One list showing all servers and transfer possibility between them. Very good as it will give us one community... and waay more options.
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I assume you mean EU and US server list merge? I am very very very much in favour for this one. If only for the fact that i will get 8x12 more slots for my alts!!! Althaholics going balistic Weeee.
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* One global over all servers combined... - This will give a global name change which is not that bihg of a problem. Global names is not so important that there is no way around it.
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I will miss my global name. I was lucky to get it on the EU servers and I am sure some yank nibbed it on the US side. But it is a price i am willing to make.
If they allow USA to Euro transfers then give us Euro to USA transfers.We all know why they wont allow this dont we...Euro servers would be ghost towns in a week.
We are talking maybe 500 ppl max playing the game at peak times,that is pathetic considering how big an area they have to work with.
They keep banging on about how much they have invested since NCsoft took over,how many more devs they have,etc and yet all we get is a re-hash of empathy for villains and shields where the shield just waves around on ur arm.
They charge for costumes,respecs.etc and yet think that ppl are interested in day jobs.The merit system doesnt make it any easier for the casual gamer to get purple recipes either.
You wont be able to make teams to run TF's anyway cos the servers are so empty.
95% of players do not care about PvP cos its always a gankfest in any game you play and yet they seem happy to pile the man hours into changes.
We have Champions online and DC online on the horizon,Age of Conan seems to be pulling their socks up and making giant strides forward,WoW just had a huge expansion and yet all we got to look forward to is a mission maker.
People are crying out for new power sets,power customisation,new char types,etc.
We get the standard "mega stuff is coming but we can't say what it is".....well you better start dropping info or people are gonna vote with their hard earned cash and quit.
Anyways that's my point of view and the usual disclaimer applies.
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Really don't need another thread like this.
No thanks.
Servers are not that empty yet.
And if you perceive that they are there is nothing stopping you making the decision to move characters to Union, or restarting on the US servers.
Remember that all changes of the past two .5 issues also include changes made to make impossible future changes possible.
That means that future updates will be bigger or at least be stuff we where told would be impossible.
Updates receaved are more then the new zone or new mission. Often there are things done that are not even told in the patch notes. Please remember that. And look at`the future.
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Would you like to see union and defiant merged?