I concur, people are gonna quit, smart thinkin

Well yeah a good strat and smart play can make up gap of power of 2k or maybe 5k but when your dealing with gaps of 10k between one servers #5 and another's #1 ( who has a 2k or so gap from the #2) there is no competition. The one group goes on business as usual and the other falls into obscurity.

Of course spending can makeup the ground but many dont have that luxury. this issue will be compounded by the p2ps taking all the fox exp, all the sage wins, and sweeping in matsuri. This merger is going to make scores of players quit

Good for you, im not giving up either but the reality is that an uneven merger makes events into slaughters. the rich will get richer and while everyone else is left in the dust.