Will players be able to continue playing in Nore while the Drake event is active?

At the conclusion of the Drake event, will gameplay continue in Nore - or is Drake replacing Nore?

1) no.
2) Drake most likely replaces Nore, not confirmed yet though.

Thank you Destination. If Drake is really replacing Nore, I am probably done with this game.

facepalm, facepalm

Today there was an update from Tech Support: we will be in Drake for 58 days, then we will return to our Nore server.

I believe Drake thing (trap) serve one purpose: force merging all players in Nore, all people who accepted merging and did not accept merging before. 2 months are not enough time for thousands of players to share a new map, but it's enough for Lilith to shape all players in 118 realms into 1 or several servers, at this time and in future. Well play Lilith!