When will there be a "SERVER MERGE?"

Low populated servers need to merge as soon as possible. The lack activity makes people quit and things just get worse for the bunch of us who stay: no wz, no fp, empty action house...A first step in the right direction would be crossed realm warzones, but it's urgent that you deal with this low populated servers or sooner than you think they'll be empty.

I never said I disliked the game as a whole. There are a lot of things I like. The story for instance.

But some major design flaws that have made it onto the live servers just annoy me. Like for instance that there is so little replayability because besides the class quest you're doing exactly the same quests over again.

And that there are too few players for the amount of servers to sustain a thriving online community (at least on the vast majority of the servers) is a fact that can't be denied.
I don't really want to quit now. I want them to do something about it. It's called feedback.

O I C.

Well then.... http://www.swtor.com/community/forumdisplay.php?f=349

O I C.

Well then.... http://www.swtor.com/community/forumdisplay.php?f=349

WoW is not the only game on the market. Other games have done server merges (Warhammer, Aion for example). It is not unheard of, nor is it a bad thing to promote a healthy community.

Guys / Gals - The problem is not with the server. The problem is faction imbalance.

Everyone wants to go IMP, not REP.

Tested - I am on Thana Val. I rolled Jedi Consular. Im at lvl 48 now and average # of players online in fleet = 30, 8-12 on planets.

I then rerolled IMP on Mask of Nhilius. Starting planet = 30. Fleet is averageing around 150 and planets are averaging around 50.....Thats 50 on planet as IMP compared to 30 on fleet for REP.

That my friends.....is a huge problem!

Server mergers will not fix this. Character / Faction transfers will not fix this because the second you open up the faction transfer.....say goodbye to the Republic because everyone will want to jump ship to IMP in order for a higher population.

So......the fix is.......remove faction or make republic characters more awesome. Or here is an idea.

First, remove faction. Next you cut it down to 3 classes. Melee Force User, Ranged Force User, Soldier, Swindler. Set all 4 to neutral.

Then depending on your choices, light/dark, will mold you into the type of character you will be.

Example:

1) Melee Force User - light will push you in the direction of Jedi Knight and Sith Warrior
2) Ranged Force User - light = Jedi consular, dark = sith inquisitor
3) Soldier - light = trooper, dark = bounty hunter
4) Swindler (cant seem to think of a better neutral name here) - light = smuggler, dark = IMP agent

See how that works ? 1 faction, 4 starting classes that can be molded into light or dark alignment and then further molded into the advanced class system that we have today.

To me that would fix the issue at hand.

Absolutely right. Heck I love Champions Online's method of Server Shards. You don't have seperate servers, everyone logs into the same server and if Shard 1 is getting full, then players get logged into the next Shard and so on. All players can see each other no matter what shard they are on. You're on shard 19 and your buds are on shard 21? No problem, you click a link at the top of your screen and switch shards to be with them. If that shard is full, your buddies can come to yours instead.

Yes, this limits your character slots to 8, but then they can always add more character slots.

Just a thought.