Yea Fippy's timelock was nothing compared to Combine.
Combine definitely seemed like the most successful progression server though. The later ones have had so many changes from the recent expansions that broke everything. New features/mechanics/etc. You didn't see SK HT Macroquest death squads on Combine. We actually had to gear up for a week to beat Avatar of War. Still made it to Plane of Time in 14 days though.
The population on Combine remained well into Planes of Power though. Shortly after Gates of Discord we saw the dropoff, but I'd say there was still a good population when I left during Depths of Darkhollow. Better than what sounds like a ghost town on the other progression servers.
Some of the changes I did enjoy on Combine - Obviously every progression server has had the revamped discipline system (Not like here where everything is on one timer). And we had out of combat regen starting in Velious on Combine (when TSS? was released and it was implemented globally), which later progression servers didn't have. This was more of a quality of life mechanic that just made raid prep much easier.
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