Quote Originally Posted by Rota View Post
I have every confidence that the best Age 2 players can be as good as any Age 1 player, eventually. But, if someone only has experience in Age 2, then they would be on the same level as a player barely out of BP in Age 1. I stand by statement...
^AgeII players have some AgeI experience, since some of them might had played on AgeI servers, then left for AgeII.

The Age 2 players can grow to compete with the Age 1 players. But, at the moment of this hypothetical forced merge, the Age 2 players would be slaughtered. They would not be ready for the farming, and the double upkeep, and they would not have the benefit of boundless FB bonuses. Certainly, a rare few Age 2 players would handle themselves. But, the percent of the total would be in the low single digits.

The Age 2 player may be just as good of a "gamer" in real life. But, their experience just simply would not translate into immediate success in Age 1.
^main point of this is it hypothetical, no idea what will happen, unless it actually did