No one ever said merger everything onto a couple high pop servers. You are just shit posting. People on tiny servers wanted to be merged and that’s it. They merged medium pop into high pop which no one ever asked for. They also merged all of SA onto one server when it’s a game made to have two characters on two servers. AGS DGAF about decent game management.
Honestly the reality is that it’s a tough balance for the devs. Other MMOs are set up differently so that the game experience is not so heavily dependent on player count. When they finish cross server queues it will get a ton better.
Unfortunately it’s often the same people that are complaining about queues were likely ones complaining that the “game is dead”
I think the thing to remember before people throw each other under the bus is that both sides have valid points. It was not fun being in a 50/2000 server with no OPR, invasions instant failing, and not having any crafting stations over tier 2. It’s also not fun being in a 9001 person queue.
AGS is aware and will respond next week likely. Will people that were going to come back instead leave because if this? Probably. Will this run I the comeback. Absolutely not.
This is why I keep screaming that the Devs just need to flat out ignore forum whining. Make a game you’re proud of, fix major issues (that you, as DEVS, notice) and ignore people begging for nerfs / merges / whatever. Cuz… Gawd knows listening to those people is helpful. It’s those whiners that ruin games and “cause” the people leaving