guys i hope you will get merged according to power , my server is in dire need of merge but if my server would get merged with 273 or 284 ( servers close to us as we are 276) i think most of my server would quit , i mean top 30 on my server would be top 103 on server 273 ... top 3 on my server would be top 16 there it's a big difference in power . Hope they would think more about power when they are gonna merge otherwise a lot more people would quit than actually playing . if they dont check powers of servers before they decide merge than that's irresponsible.
If no one on their team wants to the check the power balance of merging servers i'm sure a lot of people on the forum would volunteer to do this kind of stuff for free . I would do it myself if no1 wants to do it.

also it would be great if the admins asked the players from the servers than they decided on merging if they are OK with that merge it would improve the chances of a succesful merge and that an entire server doesn't quit because it feels insegnificant. Send OasisGuide account and ask the players of potential merge candidates and how they feel about their server it would be a great help and improving communication btw the admins and the players and they players would feel like the admins care about them because they are being asked how they feel on certain subjects

its not about slowing down , its about merging servers of similar power lvl.