This has probably been said before, but hey, another voice to the masses.
There is currently NOTHING different from RP-PVP servers, at least in my eyes. Been on the server since the start and only ever seen and taken part in role play ONCE.
If the devs are worried that it would upset the "Hardcore RPs" with the transfers of other players, then DON'T.
The merge should still happen as people on the server would rather be able to play the game WITH OTHERS rather than with just NPC companions. IE Better to play with people who don't role play, rather than no-one at all.
The idea that we should have to Pay to transfer is outrageous!
If I had known that server transfers "In order to keep the game alive" would not be possible on Calypho then I would not have made characters on there. It is a already massive setback, and now the players have to pay for it?!
Please Devs, allow people from other PVPs to join Lord Calypho in order to keep the server playable.
Or allow players from Lord Calypho to transfer their characters WITH NO CHARGE to another PVP server.