Blue's economy isn't the only one that would be impacted - Green's would too. Blue had 1.5 years of vanilla, 4.5 years of Kunark, and 4 years of Velious (currently). By the time Green reaches the end of its classic timeline, Blue will be in its 7th year of Velious - almost three* times longer than the entire classic timeline of Green.
Part of the appeal of Green is a fresh start, without all the fungi monks, where classes that have little to no place on Blue, due to item saturation, are suddenly more viable again. Big ticket items, epics, and all the rest, will be far more rare and noteworthy. It would seem to be a waste of the experience just to roll Green into the beta server at the end of its run.
Doesn't really do any good to argue about it, though. We'll find out what their plans are soon enough. But I'm definitely hoping my characters on Green aren't merged into Blue.
*It's closer to 2.5, but whatever. Point still stands.
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Fresh Start on Green, 2019 |