Merged Server (by country) - life in the ol' dog

[Mr.P]

It does seem that over time we see older servers deteriorate, players leave as ' new blood' goes to newer servers....

I'm sensing an opportunity to revitalise players who still love the game but see older servers now lacking key elements...(new players, participation in mass ops et al)

With players who have invested time and sometimes money, what a great way for devs to sell gold/increase a the users and bring fresh life to a great game.

My thinking is that each country has a"merge" server where players from all other servers of that county can trade in there current castles 1:1 into the new server.

Now, the mechanics of how (if) they can choose castles would need to be considered, perhaps through the castle reservation mechanism.

This would also allow alliances to have players reserve castles in strongholds etc.

With a large map full of empty castles, then a 7 day period to reserve etc, after which new players can join on the outskirts like normal.

Thoughts folks? Any legs in the idea?