Real merger experiences please
What have you experienced? I've read lots of comments regarding the impact to server and player, but no details, and no one saying that is true or that's not true.
- Will oases be scarce? Will we have to fight for them every day? Sometimes?
- Fort numbers?
- Are all those accounts at zero civilization with no usernames going to disappear?
- Will fair play rules be out the window? Do people get farmed a lot more often?
- Can players go solo and can they still have fun without an alliance?
- Do people in alliances find new alliances they like better? Did a lot of alliances lose members to other alliances for other reasons?
- Did all the alliances disband and try to form super-alliances BEFORE the merger for fear of total chaos coming?
- 1 to 2 months POST-merger: Did alliances who used to be in the top 5 on their servers still end up at least in the top 10 in the new merged server? Did a lot of formerly top alliances fail?
- Does the merger make it easier, harder, or the same for non-coiners?
- Any tips on preparations for the player and for the alliance? I would also like a 2nd person to support or repudiate such advice.
Thank you guys/gals!

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