Dethdlr Rothgar has posted the following update on the Najena -> Unrest Server Merge so far to include info on worldwide chat:
Update:
The merge process is moving along and still on schedule. Nothing interesting to report, so I guess that’s good.
The chat system has been brought down as you’ve probably noticed. This is because we are moving all universal chat data for Najena characters to the new server, Unrest. As soon as this process is complete, we’ll bring chat back up for everyone.
So it looks like chat may not be down for the entire time of each merge. This is definately good news.
Another progress report from Rothgar:
Update:
The merge is still progressing very well. We are hoping to bring chat back online around 1pm PST. I’m keeping my fingers crossed for bringing Unrest up earlier than anticipated.
Server merge titles will be granted after the next hotfix. We found an issue with the auto-consume code that was causing players to not receive the title. If you’re reading this and were part of the Butcherblock Blackburrow merge, and already have the title item in your inventory, this item will convert into the title after the next hotfix.
Note: He meant Blackburrow, not Butcherblock. I mix them up sometimes as well. It happens. 🙂
And yet another progress report from Rothgar:
Update:
The merge process is still going very well. The chat merge is complete but we are running one more maintenance script while it is down. This script should recover mail that was orphaned after the Everfrost/Blackburrow merge. As soon as this is done, we will bring chat back up.