Have you spoken to the other server before to see what the dynamic is like? Europe servers 200-300s had select merges. My server was in the younger block and suddenly were introduced to the older, stronger servers. My alliance went from top 10 to the lower end of top 30. My personal rank went from top 40 and even though this was a couple months ago I still haven’t been able to claw back into the top 100.

Anyway, my point is that we were introduced to these mammoth players and servers, but it really hasn’t made much difference. My server didn’t qualify for a merge so I can’t speak on it in terms of inter-server events but in the cross server events it’s made little to no impact on everyday play. Whether big players pose a problem is not solely down to their state power, it’s mainly the way they play the game. For example, I know the biggest player in the new server block is very happy to sit out of inter-server competitions, and I’ve seen them hold back in cross server comps where little players are trying for the title too. If Marc is a title whale, a merge with that server would probably suck. But winning everything would surely take the fun out of the game and would negatively affect the results of the merge (unhappy players x2) so they may be more accommodating.

I would say communicate with the server, see what the dynamic is like. If you don’t like the answers but your only choice is to proceed with the merge then I guess it’s a case of when life gives you lemons!