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Non-Reboot Megaserver Merge
The pop of this game is incredibly low, everyone knows it.
So why is the pop of regular servers thinned out into 4 worlds?
The pop density is so bad that most people would rather take the loss of no trading and head into Reboot just for the pop alone.
The pop is so low that every regular server can be considered dead by modern terms.
A new player comes in and sees every server with empty population bars except reboot
I don't think that some players requesting a dead server so they can farm Limina 24/7 anytime is a good reason to kill off the population density.
The key component in an MMO is the player count. If it's too low, people won't come. If they do, they'll quit soon because of how empty it feels.
GMS really needs a merge into 1 server, but people are concerned that the team isn't competent enough to simply create a megaserver with 0 lag and a good number of channels. It's part of the opposition.
1 > Show GMS over a stress test weekend that you can actually host a megaserver without lag. With people bossing, farming, etc. Give them rewards on the main account based on how much they did so they are compelled to go the full distance of stress testing. Good will can only carry you so far because I'm pretty sure there's almost none, so there must be rewards.
2 > Publicize the results
3 > After the test you can drop a poll in game/ on the website on whether or not people want a Megaserver Merge
I guarantee it will be majority yes as long as you communicate that it will have XX Channels, can host the majority of the playerbase completely fine, etc.
