Having started on the US servers I can testify that the connection US->UK is more stable then EU->UK. The only reason I moved when the EU beta started was there never seemed to be anyone in game when I could play.
On the matter of relations with the US as far as morons go, I can honestly say that in my time on the US servers I don't think I once met anyone who was unpleasent. (Some rubbish gamers certainly, but not unpleasent). I was never part of a SG US side because of my gaming hours so I was always in PugS must say I had a ball every single time I played.
Admittedly the only time I've ever had someone try to get me to "cyber" with them was on the US servers while I was playing a female hero - man that was the freakiest minute and a half I've ever experienced online. Before the inf sellers that was the only time I've ever put someone on ignore. *shudders*
If I could take my vet rewards and characters with me I'd have no concerns about going back to the US servers.
Adding the EU servers to the US server list is the only logical way of doing it in the long run I think. Then everyone here can keep everything they've invested in over the years but can have the option to join everyone else if they choose. Similarly those on the US servers can create characters on "our" servers if the wish. Everybody wins.
Well, not everybody. That works great for those of us from the UK who are at the near end of the US transatlantic connection. Those players on the EU mainland are likely to experience a degradation to their gameplay, (i'm guessing). That would have to be addressed before the servers were moved.
Thanks for all the speculation everyone, and been a Brit who plays on the EU and US servers I can say without a dobut I have not come across any of this you and them talk many seem to be going on about in this thread hehe. My Global over there is British Battler, and all my toons have a handle that starts "British" and no one has comment on that limey been snooty or a tea drinker hehe, in fact 99% of them seem happy to have a competent gamer in there ranks (the other 1% are since i14 and have got to lvl 50 by farming the AE
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I wasn't suggesting merge the servers, as some of you seem to have misread either, just the server lists.
Thanks for all the comments so far, and I'm going to have to go and change my chat handle on 1 of my accounts sometime soon to hehe, both are the same
Happy Gaming