Game Devs do not understand gameplay
Realm differences is absolutely unable to be overcome even by huge whale spending. Game dev still merge servers who are 3-4mths behind from early release servers and group in cross server competition who are totally obliterated by earlier servers by just single higher realm player (they have a few dozens!!), burning down late servers like fodders and livestock. This is from game devs who had weeks of consideration and they think this is the best for the ecosystem for the servers which is utterly nonsensical and hilarious. Shows how wise the game devs are and compensation are just meagre currency. DO NOT PLAY.
