Old players now playing on US servers?

I still play on both sets of Servers. I started on the EU then 27mths ago set up an NA acct to. My EU acct has lapsed for 9 mths in total, but is active at the moment, due to cashflow, but I still enjoy playing both sides of the pond.

What I want to know is if they do merge the server lists....can I merge both of my accounts hehe

I don't think I qualify as an old player (unless we consider real life age) but I've been in the game for a bit. Moved to US servers a while ago, mainly Freedom and Virtue and have as many lvl 50s there as I have on Defiant. I'm currently playing on Defiant but I usually alternate subs between EU and US so will prolly resub there in a couple months to review a few chars that could use a respec and to play other chars I miss.

We don't need a server list merge, we need Union and Defiant to be merged into Virtue.

What's the point of merging the server LIST without merging the actual server? that won't make any more villains play (in fact probably less cos nearly everyone would take advantage of the already implemented thing to move servers), and would still mean you couldn't move supergroups to an active server which is the most important thing since it's the single most thing you can't really ever get back when prestige accumulates so slow and gathers up over years

The point of a server list merge, deathkitten (in my eyes) is equal service. (Explained in much more detail elsewhere). Eu pays as much as the NA servers, however the EU players has 4 servers to create chars on, the NA has 11. That means the NA players have 7x12 more character slots to create chars on, before they will have to buy additional character slots. Which we in EU have to when we get hit by Altitis. Specially since two of the servers are useless to many of us, because we do not speak french or German.
The other point is... why on earth seperate the playerbase on two lists that cannot interact with eachother?
I have also the added illusion that it may even be more expensive to uphold two server lists instead of just one, due to manpower having to code/recode/update two updaters. However that may be an illusion, since the company do not reveal in detail why a server list merge has not been done yet or what it is that stops them from doing it.

With a server list merge, there would be no difference, we would all be part of one company.

A server merge will ALWAYS infuriate more players then it will please. With a server merge there will be local name changes, maybe supergroup changes, global name changes etc... with a server list merge there will be only global name change (if your unlucky).

About keeping villain population... well One solution would be to make a villain actually... you know... be a villain and not a lacky (too many missions make you a lacky). Having minions in bases, missions (ok through a mission computer) that let you be the villain with maybe various heroes (generic) that fights to oppose you. (See "(Villains only) How evil do YOU want to be, really? " -thread for some nice suggestions)

I absolutely abhor multi-quote responses but I feel I should criticise various points:

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Originally Posted by deathkitten_EU What's the point of merging the server LIST without merging the actual server?

The point of a server list merge advocates several things:

• A harmless joining of two communities, with minor sacrifices for either community.
• An option to allow EU to keep their accounts, at the very least, after all the EU will be making the most sacrifices.
• 4 more servers for the NA to play on, which I think will certainly population boom them back into use.
• Actual server merging is extremely difficult and raises a lot of problems, simple and complex: for example which server on NA do you merge with only 4 options from EU; to the problematic name-clashing; even account name clashing.

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Originally Posted by deathkitten_EU that won't make any more villains play (in fact probably less cos nearly everyone would take advantage of the already implemented thing to move servers),

Villains have and will always experience some constant "k" which is a factor of deficit in relation to their hero counter-part population. The fact is that people just don't enjoy playing villains as much as they do heroes, at least here on Union.
Moving servers, server transfers, would actually increase the amount of activity if they implemented a server list merge or server merge, and allow people to experience different server qualities. Besides, nowadays NA has such a high population that you can start a character on any of the servers and still enjoy the atmosphere, if your in it for the casual gameplay.

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Originally Posted by deathkitten_EU and would still mean you couldn't move supergroups to an active server which is the most important thing since it's the single most thing you can't really ever get back when prestige accumulates so slow and gathers up over years

Supergroup collections, efforts and achievements will inevitably be sacrificied unless they somehow achieve some sort of system transfer from EU to NA, which I extremely doubt is even within the margins of possibility - at least within reason. Unfortunately I also conclude that any character-base achievements: badges, SG efforts, influence, enchancements will probably not make it across the border - even characters may not make it.

The problem I foresee in the developers mind is the significance of the EU problem: Spending all this time re-organising and changing hardware/software, etc does not aid the other 95%(NA subscription base, and exaggerated value) whatsoever. I can understandably see the NA base turning around in Issue: 20 EU saying "What do we get, whilst you fix them?". I think the problem has been raised and escalated to the best of our abilities but in face of the effort/time consumption ratio we will succumb to pastures gone.

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