Don't be fooled, ladies and gentlemen. With this server merge, the GMs have NOT increased the EXP rate by 200% as they have claimed. In fact, I think it definitely has decreased significantly. Here's an example:
Yesterday, I was hunting the Cankuras at Eastern Red Soil on a Ruby Word of Blessing. The EXP I received was about 1 million per kill. Doing some backwards math, that means each kill was 400k EXP.
Today, I'm receiving about 250k EXP per kill. I think that says it all.
I will continue testing refine and drop rates to see if those have even been changed or if this is just some lame attempt by the GMs to increase player activity.