Before you all start hating on me just because of the title, please, hear what I want to say.
Yes, I am suggesting a Merge of Servers, but that goes only for Chaos and Order, not Blight. Why?
Well at first, each server has to be maintained and payd for, just like any other game. And when one of the servers has a lack of people, or under the border of being actualy worth maintaining it, the Developers usualy Merge that server to another one to save the money, and to give the players a chance to be along with a greater community than their own was being.
Now, with the downfall of Order players, theres barely between 10-25 people per day (not counting weekends where it maybe runs up to 30 or so and discount Jsntron, Woobie and Vulcanos). I don't play on Chaos but I'm certain the difference between numbers is not that big.
Why wouldn't we ask for a Server Merge to be made? The RolePlay.
Well, Order is a Server for RP. Do we have any? I'm an active player, and I didn't have what you can call a Real RP in a good few months or even more. A few years back, there was gatherings and stuff, nowdays its been far too long and it died out. The players come and go, some new, some olders but that doesn't mean there is RP anymore. Newcommers come to Order for RP (seeing the Roleplay being sayd at character creation) and go as they don't see any, and barely some people in there. There is some RP, privately with the people who like or want it, but it's more of a "conversation" kind of RP where you just -sighs- do kind of things like that. With that sayd, I know there are special Events ocurring once or twice a year, but that is not RP events, only for the players to hunt, receive/give gifts, gather around and that is about it.
Differences between Order and Chaos:
-Order is a RP server with its own community.
-Chaos is not a RP server and it has its own community.
Now, I will talk for the Chaos players thinking their Server is being different than Order. At this stage, it is not. Why you ask?
Well, you think there is RP going on all the time. It's not. We have families being made, couples and things, but isn't that what you do too? Like I said I'm not from Chaos, and I haven't been there for more than a few minutes, but from what I know about some players there, and seen OCCly, yes, you do make families, you do call eachother, son, dad, sister, etc. So it is the same. We don't RP anymore at first sight and talk OCCly with brackets. I'd like to like a few years back, but people just don't do that anymore.
Long story short. Oder is for RP, there is none anymore. Only Privately, but that can be done on Chaos too, and there is already. There's no big gap between the two anymore.
Possitives from possible merge:
-The 90% of plots/lairs are not being used at all. With more people in one world only, it might be more crowded.
-Since the rebuild of the Epic bosses, there would be more hunts since there will be more people to gather for them (not only at weekends if you're lucky enough to find a group at a certain time)
-More people to talk to and make friends, help eachother in general.
-Devs can focus more on 1 Testing and 1 Main instead of 1 Testing and 2 of the same kind. Release testing content on Blight, and if there are any bugs on Chaos or Order, then can fix it just on one, and won't need to do it twice. Beside of being easier, it is budget wise more comfortable too.
Possible Negatives from the merge:
-Both communities not really wanting to merge because of server differences, but why? We are the same players. When you get to play a different game and there is only 1 server, you go rampage trying to split it because you want to be on a different one? No.
-Some taken plots/lairs on each server on the same place being conflicted, but it can be sorted out or moved to another desired location with the same dimmensions with everything already build and items included. I bet there are some lairs/plots that the owner would like to relocate but after being all built up just didn't want to loose it all and start over, so decided to stay. It is for the well being of the server itself. Besides, there might be a possibility Devs can make another lair/plot close by the original taken location? I mean, there is like a ton of mountains around that have nothing on them that would suit as a good location for a lair for instance, and there's some lairs at really bad positioned locations that nobody wants. Maybe they can be relocated? I don't know what the Devs are able to do and what not, it's just an suggestion after all.
Well now all the hate comments can come in. But think about it, you'd rather play alone and not have help to ask for when needed, wait for the right people to come Online in maybe days, and see the world empty asking if there is a certain plot near the place you need to gather/be at? Or a more crowded server with more people to meet and greet, more people to help out and be helped, and a place with more life than just empty dirt spots and closed up lairs?
There's no differences anymore between us, let's unite together against the evil which is out there, not us.