Hi everyone,
We have tested world merges internally as well as in the November PTR. Both have given us good data as well as areas that needed to be addressed before attempting merges in the live game.
All internal testing has been exhausted which means it is time to verify the feature works on a live world.
This week we are testing two scenarios: (1) a single merge, meaning two worlds become one, which has already been announced/scheduled, and barring any surprises, (2) a full set merge where all worlds within a set merge into one world.
Details on the latter (#2 in the list above) are pending, but I hope to have that information out to folks by end of day tomorrow. Keep watch on the Official News section for updates.
Either the Community Managers or myself will update you early next week after we have had time to review/address the results of the completed merges.
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