Ever since the "Boats can spawn closer to you" update in Season 18, it seems server merges are also way too aggressive to merge you away.
I understand that it leads to more interactions if ships spawn closer, but spawning ships away despite only being a few tiles away isn't the way to solve it, as it removes the element of revenge fights.
I had this happen a lot more in Season 18 (one including the bug where loot could be merged away from your very own ship), but our Galleon was also moved away yesterday after sinking once against a two-Galleon alliance were we sunk both ships before. This was a merge on the island, not a forced merge after sinking too often in a row.
We fought at Wanderer's Refuge, but were merged away at Discovery Ridge, so we should have even been close enough to sail back and claim our loot.
