Um where did you read there will be the same number of cities, It does not say if they are reducing or keeping the numbers the same. BUt the way I read it, there will be
ONLY 5 level 3
ONLY 3 Level 4
Only 1 of every other city.

Not 5 times that like it is now.

They maybe making it 25 level 3s etc

But i doubt that.

Because then there may be a need to create new names to avoid confsion.

We need a dev to tell us how many cities these servers will have after the new patch

IF and ONLY IF They keep the number cities the same (so there would be 25 level 3 cities) then this might be an acceptable change. But I think there will be only 5 level 3 cities, making it less competitive and less fun except for the top coiners on each server.

But even with 25 level 3 cities that means one guild could theoretically and lets face it realistically have 500% rep bonus.

I for one will not start a new server and spend more money if there are only 5 level 3 cities for the entire server to compete for. And even if they do 25 level 3 cities, I probably wont be starting a new server and spending money on it with this change.