I am an off peak player myself and I hve to say that it indeed got harder to find a group and interact with the low spread population on the server.
Then again, using "/who all", "/friend" and "/tell" to the fullest might work out for most seasoned players, like myself, to prevent the bad effects of removing the global chats.
EC is worthless tho in off peak hours or even in EU peak hours. Global auction raises the availability of items on the market and makes sure the economy really flows in game. Then again the Tunnel is of course a great nostalgic thing.
I am personally most worried that new players will consider the game world too empty and leave the server with a higher probability now that globals are removed.
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