There is no need to insult the poster. I was in a early merge and got all the valleys back in a few days of hard playing (80 valleys), but what was the hardest part was working out the whole dynamic of alliances and wars again. you get comfortable with the enemies you know and have grown up with since your server starts and now you have entirely new players/alliances to deal with, and no history behind them to decide how dangerous they are. This is not a bad thing, but does mean you are out of your comfort zone, and certainly requires a LOT more time invested in the game if you hope to survive the new server. This may not be a commitment that some players are happy about. They have every right to be upset about that, as they did not request a merge. However its just the nature of a merge.