Time to merge the US servers... again. Primetime window getting smaller and smaller.

Maybe you didn't mean for it to sound like that, but when you said "pvp servers emptied for this reason", it really did come off to me as you claiming majority for people who think like you, when you had no proof of one.

I don't doubt you had those bad experiences, I've encountered jerks in pvp too. There are also logical reasons to why you might have had a worse experience: I've seen comments from RP-PVP folks who rolled on that kind of server because they want to RP by killing every enemy they see, even if it's a lowbie, so there might have been more people griefing. RP people rolling on a RP-PVP server might also switch to a PVE one faster than PVP players rolling on a PVP server if they encounter unpleasant behavior. Hell, I've even seen a thread where people from the US servers told me getting things like death threats via whisper after a warzone is common there, so maybe I've avoided that experience too, mostly playing on Darth Malgus.

But my experience from ToFN and Pot5 was different, as were my reasons for transferring characters I had there, and I've read comments that mirror my experience. I really have no interest to silence you nor do I disbelieve your stories, I just wish you'd acknowledge that there were other major reasons, too. Which you now have done, so thank you.

If your anxiety issues react to bickering like this the way mine do, I don't this think conversation is pleasant to either one of us.

Yeah, it's not pleasant at all, nor was recalling all those times people were awful to me and those close to me. I'm an empathic person and it hurts me to experience and witness that kind of behavior. I would rather end things on a nicer note with you, so even though we disagree, no hard feelings or anything

Agreed. No Hard feelings.

Tbh instanced server-types were made because that was the studio's solution for "better than x-server". You can look it up. Adding PvP instances to PvE servers and vice-versa had absolutely nothing to do with PvP servers dying first, which again, I'll state is completely false. Idk the exact number but 100+ servers died after launch and the vast majority of them were PvE.

People moving from pvp servers to the harbinger happened after pvp instances were introduced to all servers, and that made pvp servers irrelevant.

Consolidating the player base might have been done for warzone pops or for open world pvp, or for both reasons.

Either way, the creation of pvp instances on all servers was the catalyst that got things started.

Other than a conflict with names, I don't think there's much downside of a server merge and if there was no loss in fps, no gain in lag, then I can't see anything but upside for another NA server merge.

More people is a good thing, especially if you play on off hours or don't live in the US.

they must merge servers because of lower population, it gives only cross faction pvp because of lower population.... and why, they make the game more and more unattractive to play.

And the next step where they lose players is when you can get the tier 5 gear only by carfting ! The ressources for that you get only from operations , and what did pvp players like me ? So when they want killing game make that step, then they can merge all to 1 server maybe

When they did the last server mergers, I suspected that it would not be long before they needed to do it again. I even said half jokingly that that when they did finally merge to just one server, that they should name it the Death Star.

It would be nice if this game were doing better, but thanks to a stream of self inflicted wounds, this game is not a healthy as it could be.

If merging servers helps to keep the game around a little longer, then I hope they do it.

I have to wonder what the Devs think when they look at the game while they are at work.
It’s 12pm Austin time and there aren’t many people on Star Forge at the moment.
There were more people online at 7am

NO US server merge!! The last server merge cause a lot of bugs!! Different music and sound inside game going at the same time. Star fortress bug and one of characters can't get the C2-N2 droid. Rename characters after purchase the rename token is expensive to go to trash or waste of money investment. Merge cause a major bug mess. Think about others investment and hard work. You need to show some respect because 2 servers being settle and there are a lot of people inside on both US servers. More will be open if needed in time. I think you misleading another mess if you have bring the merge up before the first time and again was the second time. I think you doing on purpose until the game become shamble or fallen apart. NO!! US Server merge!!