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For WvW if amenable maybe we can ask our server-partner and server-mates (be it permanent or temporary) for info they would like to share which we can post here, like perhaps schedules of when guilds or drivers run at certain times of the week and their requests for roles that they need filled, builds they would like to recommend, etc.  

I'm just mad at what they are doing with WvW. We'll never build a real WvW community by swapping partners everytime. It's like a relationship with cheating; will never work!

This whole WvW has been just another nail in the coffin for us.  I will always Bleed SoR until the end so myself and EVIL are not going anywhere.  Our time in WvW has been cut in about an eighth of what it used to be.  Many of my players enjoyed the strategy aspect and not the zerging mentality.  EVIL one night spent an 1:45 in a prolonged and retracted siege to take a keep while holding the rest of EBG.  While holding the entire EBG with 25 people was part of the problem, the prolonged thought and strategy is where we excelled.  My guildies who where active that night and took part in that, will forever remember how that brought our guild together and even brought in new friends from the server.  Sure we didnt get much loot, Yes it was a siege battle, but that didn't matter.  Now, a group of 20 is nothing more then a really big havoc group or a small fighting force where you better play whatever the weeks best meta build is and learn to be a better zergger or you will succumb to the enemies zerg in there annoyance over you, and constantly get hunted down and swatted like flies.

I was told by one insider, that only one server had an all out vote to not do a server merge and rotation.  I like to think that may have been ours.  It was hard to believe that even a weighted vote 75/25 would have allowed us to keep our own identities when you have at least 75% of the population in T1-T4.  For years players from the upper tiers have tried to bribe, and buy us, for years we held out in favor of our version of enjoyment.  They finally had there say and didn't have to front a single coin or gem.  Its a sad state that we are nothing more then unpaid mercenaries in a sometimes hostile environment.  

Anet is avoiding the full merging of servers in the hopes that they can balance populations using a swapping and pairing scheme.  While it makes sense for numbers, it does not take into account player attitudes or feelings for all of this.  For years I have thrown input to GMs directions about the need to rebuild community in game such as eliminating mega servers and events from major cities.  Giving more reasons to change to lower tier servers, and more rewarding experiences in WvW.  For years my voice has been drowned out by the majority who just want a game based around Zergs and easy loot.  It is my feeling within a year or two you will see an almost exact copy of EotM where WvW used to be.  We all know how EotM is a joke, even if you do enjoy it out there, you know what I speak of.

We have come to a point where we each have some hard choices.  I will let it be known as said above, I am here with you guys and will stand until the end, unfortunately more PvE and less WvW are on my plate for the near future.

Fog, you have always done a great job on the website, and I trust you with anything you choose to change or do here.  This is our last untouched home to SoR even if many do not use it at the moment.

Mistress Collisto|Molly Oakenheart|Lena Andersdotter|Heather Jones
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