Feldon Rothgar has put forth a possible server merge scenario for folks on the Lucan D’Lere server. This is not a merger that would be taken lightly, as Lucan D’Lere is a Role-play server and there is currently no server that its members could merge to that wouldn’t result in an overpopulated server. It will be interesting to read player reaction to the idea of merging with a non-RP server.
From the Eq2 Forums:
We are still considering a merger for LDL and currently Crushbone would be the ideal candidate due to the resulting population numbers. Crushbone was one of the highest population servers prior to the merges, but now its population is just a little under the rest of the servers. It still has a healthy population on its own, but the numbers make sense to look at a possible LDL / Crushbone merge.
A combined Crushbone / LDL would have a population similar to Antonia Bayle and I think that would be a really good thing for both servers.
Personally, I’d vote yes. I don’t have the option to vote because I don’t have forum access. I lack access because I’m not paying for an EQ2 sub in large part because LDL’s population is so dead that there’s nothing for me to do that I can’t do for free on the EQ2EX side. For that matter, I don’t think I ever saw any RP on LDL that wasn’t part of an event that someone scheduled in advance using out of game forums; scheduled RP might actually benefit from a merge in that any interested residents of Crushbone could join in.
It needs to happen. I was on Lucan not long ago and the server is a graveyard.
This just in from Smokejumper:
Crushbone is horrible with lag as it is, unless there are only 2 players left on the LDL, this is going to just make it worse.