World of Warcraft's least populated servers will be merged with busier servers in a process that will take all summer, Blizzard announced today.This is not the first time WoW has merged servers, but I don't want to pay the expensive server relocation fee It will be a welcome change for players stuck in a dead realm.

Blizzard made this announcement on the WoW forums, stating that they recognize that certain cross-relm features, such as the ability to party with players from different servers to join a dungeon, are not a complete solution for those stuck on a less populated server. From history with guilds to interaction with the surrounding economy, "a realm with a healthy population offers more opportunities.

Blizzard recently completed a "comprehensive survey" of the various servers in WoW and identified several that will be integrated into larger servers; Blizzard plans to slowly integrate realms every week for the next two to three months.

"As this project unfolds, we will post advance notice of each week's connection in the appropriate region and language," Blizzard said. 'During each maintenance period, everything will be automatically integrated in the affected realms. Once the maintenance is complete, players in the affected realms will be able to log into "Battle for Zeroth" and find themselves part of a larger connected realm community. At the same time, the appropriate realm discussion forums will be integrated.

Honestly, this is great news - especially with the new Shadowlands expansion coming out later this year. Especially with the new Shadowlands expansion coming later this year. If you're not happy with where your character is right now, it might be worth waiting until the time comes for your chosen server to be merged before switching.