they’re making everything cross faction and cross realm besides stuff like just standing in town. all my cities are empty, at all times. i leave the big ravencrest warmode layer, fly into valdrakken and there are 10 people there.
Blizz have clearly given up on mergers; it’s been actual years since the last one. But with x-realm AH, guilds, and indeed mythic raid groups without waiting for the HoF - the only real distinction between servers will be RP or regular.
Which is probably going to be very healthy for everyone
Although if people are suffering from low pop servers right now, the best advice remains as it has been for several years; don’t wait for Blizz, pay to transfer, or straight up start again elsewhere if you really cannot afford it.