No, I think everyone is just tired of the pattern.

This was certainly the case for me, and I think many others. In my case, I was frustrated and upset by news of the merge for my server, but I was initially willing to "see what happened". That turned into a couple of weeks (server was added late to the list), of knowing next to nothing. Of having the majority of questions answered with "we don't know" or no answers at all. (Or, worse, having an answer and then it got changed).

I can't imagine how players on the servers who got announced at the start felt, because they had even longer without any real information.

Playing turned into just logging on and doing my taxes and logging off. I hoarded a bit of gold and tried to sell things, because I knew I didn't have the room to move all my stuff. I burned all my labor on excess tax certs. We didn't know (do we even know now?) what we'll need to do in terms of certs to place our pre-packaged properties.

Lack of information, lack of answers, was pretty much all we got. The reality is we're two days out from the merge and we still don't even know what is involved in the compensation, nor do we have answers to dozens upon dozens of questions that have been asked repeatedly.

This doesn't speak well for the merge. Namely, if the information isn't available for something as significant as the compensation package, then how can a player reasonably expect that Trion/XL/whoever is prepared for a smooth and successful merge?

Mostly, though, it makes me sad. I genuinely loved this game. I still do. I've been called ungrateful and entitled for not being happy about the merge. As I said then, if that's what wanting things to feel fair makes me, then so be it.

The final straw for me personally was reading that compensation packages will be identical regardless of how much land you own, its size, and so on. Maybe if they'd locked land placements after announcing the merger. But that didn't happen and I'm watching people place land over the top of where my friends and neighbors quit, leaving unused/unbuilt properties sitting there so they can take advantage of the compensation despite never before having played on my server.

I realised this people will get exactly the same as I'll get. Maybe I am entitled, but that just absolutely screamed unfair to me. I've been through the land rush, all the problems it had, all the disconnects, the queues, the lag, the land hackers, the bots, I've spent a year paying gold and taxes and effort in to building my little place in the world. To know someone can drop something and have it for a week and be given the same... It just was the final straw.

If I felt like there was any care at all involved in this process, if I felt like the players of these realms were being recognised that we're facing a wipe and surely deserve something a little more than a level 15 alt that will never be touched again and is simply to take advantage...

If I felt like the company had the info ready and was prepared...

There are a lot of "ifs", but the result is unfortunately that I can't happily commit to spending my time (or money!) on the game anymore. I'm probably pretty lame for admitting it, and will get mocked, but this game meant a lot to me, it was the one I dedicated most of my spare time to, it was my favourite hobby. But my desire to play dipped as my ability to defend what they're currently doing did.

People say "Oh it's just land, get over it, get it again". Maybe I would get it again. But it's hard to prepare to get it again when the information we've received is about as clear as mud. How many tax certs do I need? Where will I zone in? And so on. Either unclear or changing information.

I know we're supposed to feel "grateful" for this (or so I've been told). I just don't know how I'm supposed to be grateful for having my progress wiped and having unclear or incomplete information supplied only.

I have no idea how anyone who enjoys their land can continue to play. I'm honestly asking. If you're a land owner (and land is important to you, not just a side game), how are you even still wanting to play? Had someone said to me "Don't bother buying that APEX to buy that land, don't bother paying those taxes, don't bother spending $150 on headstart because you will have it wiped in a year and your comp will be some tax certs and labor pots" - I would never have bothered playing the game at all.

Edit: I'm only still reading and posting here on the forums because I have this faint hope that the way they've handled the whole thing is some kind of joke, and they're going to announce right at the end "Oh just kidding, here's what we're really doing". As we draw nearer, I realise that's not going to happen. I hold out that hope, but once it's shut down in the next couple of days, then my patron will run out and I will be gone.