I was thinking exactly the same. It feels like them asking for our suggestions and the supposed ambiguity of the future of our servers, was just a BS stalling tactic to sucker us out of as much $ as possible before the server contracts expired, and that they were invariably going to be shutdown then anyway. Why else would they ask for suggestions and then completely disregard what the majority asked for? I actually feel physically sickened by this treatment towards paying customers. I've played almost every Bioware game since Baldur's Gate came out and I think I can honestly say that this will be the last. Just glad my sub runs out in a few days.

I completely agree with this. While it may not be ideal for some, I think it's clearly the best option for the majority. Having a few weeks or so delay on transfers would at least allow people to try the merged server, instead of transferring straight off the bat and potentially leaving the new server a new wasteland. A separate RP instancing solution for the super server, suggested by someone earlier, sounds like a winner too.

I agree with this. I've literally levelled on planets where i was the only player on the planet from my own faction let alone had much chance of seeing players from the opposite faction on MDN. So open world pvp is by far a secondary concern for me now. PVE super server with added rp channel (as others have suggested) sounds like the best option to me.