I used to believe that Green should never merge with Blue due to the inordinate and inaccurate amount of non-classic rules in play by the staff. I understand why they made a lot of the rules, overpopulation at launch, yet none of those reasons stand the test of time any longer and should be reevaluated and rescinded.
The effect upon Blue was noticeable. Blue higher end camps opened up more and allowed for nice and casual farming. The low/mid level toons took a big hit throughout Norrath with that particular group of personnel being harder to find, thus diminishing the overall experience for everyone. (I can't tell you how many monks I see nowadays without a simple incoming message)
At this stage, I think Green should merge into Blue. The overall experience would benefit lower and middle level folks more, while providing more competition on the top tier side of the house for both raiders and farmers. Sure, things could get a little crowded but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
I'd still like to see an event where both servers could have an option to mirror their accounts to Red, minus platinum and the bank, for a temporary time period of perhaps a month or two to instantly populate that server with current toons from Green and Blue. This would be a fun enterprise and allow people to test their might against everyone else, both pvp knowledgeable and ignorant players, while providing a different perspective towards the game. Who knows, people may actually enjoy it, even if it's only temporary..
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