[2022] Is the game dying when the first server merges are made for a 6 month old game

I would say server merges are fairly common in MMOs, and aren’t generally an indicator that the sky is falling or anything. I did server merges for a different MMO I worked on, some… 5 years ago now? And that game is still up and running with consistent updates to this day.

Sure, our playerbase has declined from our launch (which was absolutely massive) but is still very healthy. When the game launched we had to open as many servers as possible as well as the entire Europe West region to accommodate for the huge flood of players into the game, but now that time has passed we’re really settling in with that stable audience.