Suggestion for repopulating the EU servers

Well, unless WW clarified her statement, she didn't say "server list merge," she said "server merge" and that they were working on an "in-game system."

We all know how the Devs are restricted from commenting on things in development. I know a server list merge would be the solution, but if that's not their "in-game solution" I can't wait to see what they actually do come up with.

Angel Red
"We're heroes. Fighting injustice is the thing we do." ~Rebel Scum

The problems revolve around one main issue: Two systems in two places.

1) Do you physically move the servers to the US? How?
2) Do you virtually link what are now two Account and Login systems into one? How? (examine what they had to do in the forum merge with Names. Multiply a few hundred names by the thousands on both sides).
3) there are significant hurdles involved in launching a game in another country. Contracts with distributors, local laws, etc. Reversing that and at the same time going through the hurdles involved in authorizing a game to be run in another country while collecting fees from local citizens.

In the end, a merge of this type would quite likely mean the EU servers would have to go down and be inaccessible for days or even weeks while things were ironed out.

As for the OPs argument that the EUs should get this kind of perk because they somehow need it more, I don't buy that. The US is losing active members too, and in the grand scheme, probably more of them. If you define need based on percentages, the EU may win, but on raw numbers I'd wager the US is more "needy"

Even so I oppose this suggestion because I see not only the premise as flawed, but I see the idea proposed as unrealistic in the extreme. I've never ever ever seen a game company give away access to their brand new expansion at or near launch. Sure, WoW has done 10day free Lich King reactivations, but that happened quite a long time after launch.

By all means eventually let people get a taste of new stuff. No way should that happen until it's paid for itself. And a free reactivation happening that doesn't include the new areas, would be even worse. It would just annoy people to feel like they were being shafted.

That's pretty much a meaningless distinction, depending on the conversation you're having and when. I've seen the proposal under discussion referred to both ways, even though one is technically more correct.