Merge the servers!

Yes it's incorrect. If someone else has a slower PC, the only result to YOU will be that you'll probably see him acting slower... activating powers slower, sitting there for a minute or two before he actually moves... that kind of thing. The game doesn't slow you down so that other people can "keep up" with your computer.

As I understand it, degradation in gameplay smoothness can come from three different sources.
1. Your computer: basically your computer can't render things fast enough. This primarily manifests as a reduction in frames per second
2. Your connection to the server (and heavy server load): in this case you aren't sending/receiving data as frequently as you would like to. This is when you start rubberbanding and get problems with powers that appear to have recharged but actually haven't (and vise versa), you also get choppiness from other players
3. Other people's connection. In this case other people near you aren't exchanging data with the server as often as they should. The server and your computer display their best guess as to what they are doing but it can get out of sync with what they are actually doing and that when they start moving in a choppy manner.

So no, the server doesn't slow you down (unless it is getting overloaded) but teammates with a poor connection will move choppily which can cause other things to be choppy as well.

Aaaaand my thimble is now half-full.

I always thought the people "sitting there for a minute or two" before moving were just lazy-bones.

Thx Wes.

Actually I believed they would offer a purchasable travel power back in 2008, you know, when it happened with the temp jet pack. If you're going to cry DOOM, you should at least pick something better than Ninja Run. That power's not even a blip on the DOOM-o-meter.

And who is going to make up for the lost income that would have been used to pay for new content?

No no no. Change it to Vivisect VI.
Then replace that server's Jack In Irons with an ogre named Nivek.

This was a bad idea the previous 238 times it's been brought up. Still is.

Honestly while server transfers do make some income I figure that the cost is less about income and more to make sure that you are really serious about changing servers. Limiting transfers to those who really want it means that you don't get people switching servers on a whim which can be disruptive to server communities.

The devs have told us that the money they got from all the extras that are sold for the game have helped pay for speedier releases of issues. Start taking that money away and we'll have to wait longer for new stuff. Boosters, server transfers, rename tokens, and respecs all contribute.

Yes, but we don't know how much of that income was made up of Server Transfer fees. I tend to think it wouldn't be much, if only because they wouldn't be giving away that income for the month or six weeks or whatever it is that they have this year.

I crave haggis. I like to add a tablespoon of crushed red pepper to mine however, as I think a nice spicy haggis is lovely.

The appearance of a Haggis recipe in this thread however does suggest to me that it has run it's course. No server merges planned at this time folks.