Server merges- one year later...Follow

It's been a bit over a year since PvP server merged into one and almost a year for the rest of the servers. So for those of you who were around back then, did you stay on the merged server or move to another? Do you like the merged server better now or did you still prefer the older server? And for that have moved, do you ever regret it or not? So many questions so just wanted to see your $0.02 on things before and after.

I used to be on Vazaelle before it merged with Maelin. Since the merger, the average prices in bazaar have dropped signifiantly except for the rarest stuff, they ended up more expensive.

It has been easier to get pickup group with more peeps on. Before with Vazaelle, it wouldn't be unusual to go all day LFG without a single bite. Nowday I usually don't go more than 30 minutes and in few cases I got invited within a couple minutes of putting LFG up.

Bad things: camp name are different on Maelin than on Vazaelle. This caused some unintentional camp stealing and even today I still get mixed up. About 2 weeks ago there were confusion over a WOS camp I was in. Someone called it assassin camp and other claimed cubby. Unfortunately it's both the same camp >_<

Aside from a few quirks, it has been much better after the merges. I sort of miss my old guild Knights of Green Mist as it was the very first guild created on Vazaelle and will remain permantly the oldest guild on Vaz. Right now I rarely see more than 5 online at once and most of them won't last 10 seconds in WOS.

I have had nothing but good experiences since the merge. I joined a new guild and made many new friends. I was on Zeb which merged with Xegony. As you said it is much easier to find a group since the merge.

I had moved from Vazaelle to Stromm and then to The Rathe when the mergers happened.

The move to Stromm was interesting, Vaz was the the newest of the "original" servers (Kunark era) and had a community that was quite typical of the old servers. Stromm was quite different and took a bit of getting used to, its not just that names of camps and player lore were different, there is something else harder to define, an attitude difference. From what I understand Stromm continues on now as strong as it ever did.

The Rathe merged with Karana and it seems that mostly the European based people came across with the merger.

For me this was sort of comforting as Vaz also used to have a very strong European population.

The Rathe is much more like Vaz was in the old days and there is now a decently strong population. Groups aren't too hard to get and there is at least someone around through most time zones, with the mix of U.S., European and a reasonable Aussie/NZ population. It seems to have settled down quite well.

It was entirely acceptable on Rallos. As long as you argued your train on the guy was to help your PvP fight against him, the GM's allowed it. (Training without making an attempt to kill yourself was illegal, though, since with an attempt was legal, was very hard to prove, and hence not enforced at all.)

I have been on The Rathe since I started EQ and the merges have led to many changes, some great some not so hot. There used to be a controlled raid cycle RTA that died at the merge which meant now for the Epic 1.0s you have to know when the last kill was etc. For the most part though finding groups is better than ever.

Hehe, that is pretty good. I wonder why (5, 555), though?

Mith marr to emarr was ok. prices floated for a bit but settled down. Groups became easier.
However Elneclare and I both discussed moving to povar and did not, something that we did back in december. I certainly wish we had gone earlier, as the folks in Aude Sapere are fun to group with.

On emarr it isnt so bad now. At first we welcomed the new people comming from MT. Then you could see the fights in /ooc comming across. I think everything if fine now. =) The random seemed to be always a question. On emarr we did /random 1 6 but MT did 500. It was always a discussion when it came to who got what.

The reason for not doing lets say 1-100 all the time is cause of cheating. If someone knows what numbers people role you can cheat. That is why on A Ro we started doing /ran 5 555 or 6 666 or many other combos. I know the cheating works for I have seen it first hand. Or at least it used to work they said they have put in ways to find the cheaters but you all know how far that goes hehe.

I was on Morden Rasp when we merged into Povar.

The biggest thing we got from the merge was a stabilized economy - prior to the merge I think we had one of the strangest economies in the game. We probably hurt Povar's economy when we arrived.

I don't think Povar really got anything beneficial from us except an infusion of players relatively new to the game.

I would have to say the Tribunal / A. Ro merger has worked out rather well. Yes, we had misunderstandings about camps and loot rolling was different...but that was it. For the most part, players and guilds have done a great job coming together after the merger.

The main thing I noticed after the merger was (of all things) where MGBs took place in the PoK. Tribunal pre-merge was always at the Nexus Stone. A. Ro did thiers at the main bank. After the merger and everything settled down, most MGBs now take place at the main bank.

One nice thing from the merger...the Bazaar prices went down, WAY DOWN. Pre-merge Tribunal was horrid, if the truth is know. Examples - Misty Thicket picnics were going for 20pp to 35pp a piece. The same item is now selling at 4pp to 8pp. Clumps of dough used to sell at 6pp to 9pp. It now sells at 2pp to 4pp. Qeynos Afternoon Tea was 30pp to 45pp, now it's 15pp to 20pp.

I haven't figured out how someone can cheat on a roll. I have seen typos /rand 555 555 which would give a winning roll of 555. But I assumed it was a typo as they rerolled. I rolled a 100 on /rand 100 once and the group leader scrolled back to be sure it wasn't a typo. Can't blame him at all, typos happen. But if people are intentionally doing that to win a roll I don't see it happening successfully simply because most people are paying attention.

So I can't really say I knew people cheated on rolls either.

Seamy

A personal favorite:
/random 31999 32000
/me wins!