As you all know, the server merge was initiated last December 2, 2009 (Tuesday). Everything was going smoothly during the first two days, but on the 3rd day onwards, the merging process has slowed down tremendously due to the huge number of characters for all the servers.

Last Friday, December 4, 2009, the RF Team decided to wait until Monday to monitor the progress of the merging. Unfortunately, the rate remained sluggish.

The RF Team has decided to stop the server merge and redirect our priority to deleting inactive characters under the following parameters to speed up the process.

Therefore, characters who did not log in at least once starting May 1, 2009 will be deleted.

Meaning, Characters of an account, that has NOT logged in at any time before May 1, 2009 will be deleted. Only characters who have logged in from May 1, 2009 to present will remain in our Database. And please take note, the deletion is not on a per account basis, but on a per character basis. This means that your ACCOUNTS will stay and remain as per our mechanics of the server merge.

As much as the RF Team does not want to delete characters, we are left with no choice. Otherwise, the only alternative is to wait a couple of weeks or so for the merging process to be completed.

Again, the RF team seeks the community’s utmost patience and understanding regarding this matter. We are doing the best we can to provide you with a better, stable and kick-ass game. Thank you.

P.S.

Compensation for this indefinite downtime is being discussed by management as we speak. We will provide a separate announcement/statement for this matter.

~ RF Philippines Team

as posted in the RF PH website