The biggest problem is that your playerbase for the US servers is already very low - and now a good portion of them are going to leave and play the new game (because who doesn't want to play the best version of a game?)
So, you can say that you're leaving the other game there, but it will be a skeleton of what it currently is in terms of people who are playing it - and playing with others is the biggest draw of most mmo games.
So, ultimately, I feel like players who have spent money on this game, are getting the shaft - because by taking the playerbase to a new game, you really are ruining the old game, even if you don't change anything in it.
Just my 2 cents.
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