um...as a server 8/N1 player all I can say is that the merger was the best thing to happen, and I'm wishing N1 would be involved in another merger soon. The veterans of 1-6 are hardcore players, and any merging of those servers would be awesome. However, it also seems that 1-6 are the whiniest servers around, too, so I imagine that Evony is terrified of telling y'all to bid your npc farms and valleys farewell.

But, still I think that it would be an awesome merger