I am actually thinking this is a thread they are watching so I will put it out there…

Unless you have new contract with Gportal, you are probably being charged for servers that are not being utilized that much and therefore I recommend you think about a complete redesign of the game itself to one where an Age introduction gives you a new map to explore with the idea that the Age’s additions will be fully maximized in this map compared to the others but this space will not be a permanent area. It goes away at the Age’s end to be replaced with a new map. You keep the EL map the same. It’s the tried and true and has been loved for years now. It is the safe spot for all the vets out there that just want to maintain their builds and old ways. You have Siptah, which was a good product but it’s business plan was less than transparent. What you do with that is your business but I do know several people that love it more than EL and it is part of the perk of a paid DLC so you guys need to figure it out. But the new map gives you an open field to explore and add without the baggage of old and showcase your products better. You are literally designing a showroom that the players can look at these things and see in it’s glory in the control of another sandbox…that isn’t going to strain those relations and expectations of the other maps.

Its a mix of both worlds that I think would work well if you can plan it and it motivates the team to figure out server transfers (which I believe the consensus is just allow knowledges to transfer between the servers) which shouldn’t be that hard anymore since you seemed to have mastered this with the BLB and BP systems.