Thanks for the link Tumbleweed. I must admit that I do not agree with many of the objections found in that thread. I do not want to hijack this thread into another debate on merging the servers...but, the OP mentioned it...lol.
So, to address it, the fact that Kami Tolerance goes down is a FEATURE...if you dig a spot to zero KT...you have to find a new spot - this is "works as intended". The fact that everyone currently digs in the same spot all day without touching the KT shows that the population is not near what the server is designed for, not the other way around. To argue differently is only an argument for easy mode...because it is easier...not an argument I would consider valid.
As far as why adding a population you cannot talk to is a good thing. It would be nice to run through a capital city and actually see more players than the occasional homin AFK at the TP. Atys would FEEL like a living world, something that is often missing now. The objections about the inability to make teams is also not valid because it would not make finding teams MORE difficult, there would still be the same English (as well as each languages community) speaking community, yet, we may get some additional bilinguals...making the chance of finding teams greater.
The ONLY objection I saw that was valid was the difficulty in running events. As an actual Linguist, I cannot agree with any linguistic elitist arguments for a lingua franca. I agree this problem would need a solution before any merger could even be considered.
So, to address it, the fact that Kami Tolerance goes down is a FEATURE...if you dig a spot to zero KT...you have to find a new spot - this is "works as intended". The fact that everyone currently digs in the same spot all day without touching the KT shows that the population is not near what the server is designed for, not the other way around. To argue differently is only an argument for easy mode...because it is easier...not an argument I would consider valid.
As far as why adding a population you cannot talk to is a good thing. It would be nice to run through a capital city and actually see more players than the occasional homin AFK at the TP. Atys would FEEL like a living world, something that is often missing now. The objections about the inability to make teams is also not valid because it would not make finding teams MORE difficult, there would still be the same English (as well as each languages community) speaking community, yet, we may get some additional bilinguals...making the chance of finding teams greater.
The ONLY objection I saw that was valid was the difficulty in running events. As an actual Linguist, I cannot agree with any linguistic elitist arguments for a lingua franca. I agree this problem would need a solution before any merger could even be considered.