Guild Wars 2

As we’ve all been aware of the issue of people who purchase the game, to play with other players who have currently chosen a full server, the current work-around to play on a full server, is to constantly peek at its population and join when it drops from full to high.

I am on a week break as of right now, and began to download guild wars in the beginning of the week, and having problems with the downloader(shutting down for no reason in the middle of patching) it took me several days just to get the game running. After the game is up to date, I call my friends and family to see what server they are playing on, before I choose one. They told me Blackgate, which is constantly at full, no matter what time of day.

I had set my alarm clock to go off every 2 hours through the night just so I could check server population. It had been full every time I went to check throughout the night. It is also full from morning till night time. (I live in EST.) I now have 3 days left on my break, and getting very frustrated that I cannot play the game, not due to bug, but due to inconvinence of ANET.

My suggestion to this, is upon first launching the game, there would be some interface(before selecting the server) to accept friend invites(however not able to send invites until server is selected). If you accept a friend, then you should be able to choose their world, as your world, regardless of population.

A second suggestion, is make a phone app, that allows constant view of server population. Have an option to set an alarm off when server population drops.

Guesting is being worked on. Just be patient.

My break is why I can’t be patient.. I chose this week to purchase the game because I knew I would have time to play… Figures.

corin.1298:

My break is why I can’t be patient.. I chose this week to purchase the game because I knew I would have time to play… Figures.

Your proposed suggestion would take time to program and implement, as well, so it’s a moot point. I suggest finding another server and playing the game, as you are the only one stopping yourself at this point.

Edit: Also, I know your friends are unlikely to abandon their server, since it would be almost impossible to return, but you might try convincing them to switch to play with you. It’s the best you have at the moment.

You can still play and then move when things balance out.