So, Ghallanda is getting gutted because SSG botched HC server transfers?

[Ereshkigal]

My guess is concerned people will look at their server numbers, Sarlona and Orien in the days they are making the decision.

SSG should have gamed out the various scenarios and already know what the plan is in each case. This is one of the junctions where they could do something wrong and kill the economic viability of the game.

It's not just the ghost server vs overcrowded slum issue. There are technical issues that may show up if a super server population develops. This type of issue (meta issue involving many accounts) sometimes takes weeks to resolve based on recent history. The original transfer issue that has led to this point is a poster boy for how long an issue can continue before it is not resolved and SSG has to do something else.

I think this is just a bunch of hype, and nothing significant will happen. Time will tell.

Why? Because people don't want to leave the stuff that won't transfer. Server transfers are cheap enough that if someone was wanting to transfer badly enough, they would've already taken 1 or 2 characters and moved part of their stuff and started playing on another server. If they didn't do it then, most won't do it now.

There's a vocal minority that wants SSG to merge severs. They are just trying to take advantage of this situation to realize their own goals, but I don't think it will work, no matter how many folks stand on streetcorners holding up signs that read "The End is Nigh."

EIther way, ddoaudit will show the number of folks online, and the number in quests, and the number of LFMs --- if anything it's going to increase some on servers, with the end of Hardcore in a few days. But I don't see anyone posting that link to support their claim that people are leaving servers... When I do, then I'll take them more seriously. As it stands it's just talk.

Note: Also, I believe SSG probably did think this through. Timing the server transfers with the end of Hardcore making server populations rise is probably not a coincidence.