when it comes to the fury server, FC needs to emphasize pvp mechanics. That will probably discourage the bigger guilds that enjoy t4 n stuff, but the upside to catering to pvpers on the pvp server means new customers imo. crom is still there for 6mans and t4, its MADE for that.
consumers playing pvp-centric games is in the 100million area by my estimates, 27million play league of legends alone.
that being said, a shift of its business model means funcom needs to do a TON of promo to reach these customers.
for the same money, i simply bet FC would get more bang for their buck by keeping the 2 communities, and their systems, separate.
Our guild is getting an increasing amount of people coming from Fury. They bring one toon to start with then gradually migrate others. There will come a point when a critical mass has moved over and they'll have to change Fury's name to Peeved.
Xuhotl - arcimage of the city of Xuthal in service of great army Futilez - HoX PvP lvl 10
Bordhi - Khitai legionary - DT PvP lvl 7
Bahary - vampire and your nightmare - Lotus Sin PvP lvl 7
Shiwan - the last of Corrags - retired noob Barb PvP lvl 8
No more merging servers.
Fix pvp. Fix pvp. Fix pvp. << Thats the answer, it ALWAYS HAS BEEN.
Then Fury will prosper.
Pvp in AOC is Awesome!