Just reporting back after server merger. I love it already. The server is alive again, back to what it was when I quit (doing a /sea all at 10AM MST produced close to 4000 people). White Gate is alive with chat, lots of people starting LS' again lol. I even found a social LS since mine is long dead. Great people, it originated in Remora, they were all very nice. The ONE annoying thing I found is the server loyalty. To me, the server was just a name. But the /shout chat is filled with people saying things like, "REMORA FOREVER! DIE LEVIATHAN!" Or "Let's name this the New Remora." It was annoying.
All in all I'm excited to be playing again and having a more crowded server. It will put a hamper on things like NM hunting (which was great in leviathan before merger, same for remora from what I hear) but I'm not complaining too much. The market is more alive again. Crystal sales were thin pre-merger. I even had to pay 1K for a stack of earth crystals once. I considered farming nothing but crystals at one point.
And yes, I kept my character name. I knew Leviathan would be the server that stayed. I just didn't know how the name situation would go over. If it was older players take priority or if it's Leviathan players that take priority. I imagine to make it easy it was Leviathan members that took priority. But my name isn't common
people go for the classic Beowulf.
This post has been edited by Bewoulf: Mar 24, 2010 - 5:02 PM
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Posted Feb 28, 2010 - 9:02 PM
Ideally, Square Enix would honor seniority and force the player who has been playing for a shorter amount of time to change his or her name (thus letting the veteran player retain his or her name); however, this is unlikely. Hopefully Square Enix proves me wrong.
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