If you are playing on Highwatch (HW), Lake of Tears (LT), or Valley of Titans (VT), I’d like to discuss a potential server merge of these three servers. Please note, this is a discussion about WHAT should be merged, not HOW they get merged or how name conflicts will be handled. Those questions will be answered in time.



The purpose of a merge is to provide a better environment for players on these servers. Merging can promote a better economy, as well as end-game support for all players on these servers. I know the Instance Matching queues are across all servers, but I also realize many of you would prefer to do the matching yourselves within your server. Right now, we know we want to merge LT and VT together. The tougher aspect would be what to do about Highwatch. Population wise, Highwatch is in a pretty good place, however when listening to player feedback and looking deeper at the end-game, it looks like it could also use a boost.



One possible solution for this all would be to combine HW, LT, and VT into a new server that allows open world PvP only at max level. With HW being a PvE server, and LT/VT being PvP servers, this presents a tricky situation, and a PvP at 65 only server is a possible solution to this. Now, I also realize that this either brings the best of both worlds or the worst of both worlds, so it hasn’t been an easy choice. The Player Council favors this decision, but it also occurs to me there aren’t a large body of HW/LT/VT players on the council to offer their opinions. This is why I’m bringing this to the general forums, so I can get broader feedback. Please note that this is *not* in stone yet, and the purpose of this is to discuss it.



Let me go into some reasons why I think this could work. First, a PvP65 server takes away most of the worst aspects of a PvP server, namely the heavy low-level griefing that comes with it. Also since most actual PvP either takes place in an instance, or at level 65, we would still be providing ample PvP experience for the PvP players. Second, this would be a unique server set that would possibly allow more players to experience a PvP server without the griefing that takes place during leveling.



A last bit of info. If you’ve noticed, the other servers are not in consideration for a server merge. Their populations are healthy, and there’s no need to do anything with them. For any servers involved in a merge, it means the entire server gets disrupted, since merging creates a brand new server, not adding a server to an existing one.



Thanks for reading! Please offer your feedback and thoughts in this thread constructively.



-Treeshark



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