[Update 3/13]: The original thread was deleted, that initially confirmed a merge. Luckily, I have screenshots. Check them out after the break.
[Update 3/13]: Derek Smart has weighed in on the issue, and dropped the MMO Fallout bomb, and announced that there is “no server merge is in the works.”
“I have seen several reports in the forum and at least two media reports claiming that we are in the process of doing server merges.
That information is FALSE.”
Good to hear, although contradicting two separate GM’s (Padreic and Klazgon) confirming that the mergers were “on the schedule” and “will be coming soon,” and that the mergers were a “priority item,” and to expect more information “rolling out very soon that will give more details on the matter.”
The population is growing steadily and the game is growing at a steady clip. Thus is makes no sense to merge servers when in fact we will just end up opening other servers at some point in the future anyway. Especially given the advent of the third generation of Alganon.
So mark this one down to a miscommunication that resulted in false information being posted by staff, and that Padreic (who may or may not be locked in the Quest Online dungeon fighting Ograns to save his own soul) simply posted information before it was confirmed.
So, the final word is that there are currently NO immediate plans to do a server merge.
His bold and caps, not mine.
Alganon launched way back in December 2009 to the fanfare of me. Sure the game has allegedly picked up in active players, one hundred thousand active accounts according to Derek Smart, the game even had a few extra “on hand” servers listed, in addition to the two enabled Adrios and Hokk. As it stands, the players asking for server mergers have outweighed the players asking for the servers to remain apart, and Adrios and Hokk will become one…at a future time.
“With the introduction of PvP and our core (and growing) number of active players, we readdressed that topic and decided that we will indeed merge them into one server. Hopefully this will be a positive step toward players having more people available to run content with at all hours of the day.”
Padreic on the forums has been answering a few questions, but the basic gist comes down to “it’s on the schedule, no confirmed date.” More on Alganon as it appears.
MMO Fallout 