Why are people excited for new server with a merge?

[HippoNipple]

I'm having a hard time understanding the hype if the two pvp servers are going to be merged anyways. Is the entire point of this new server to allow people to get mana stones and guises that can be later transferred to red99? It just seems like a lot of work for nothing. You could just continue to play your char on red99 and destroy everyone who started completely over on the new server once they merge.