Since Guesting is enabled now, i think it would be a very good idea to keep an Orr server for both EU and US so that there are always some players in the area. Why Orr would you ask ? Its because it is one of the few regions that is not easy to complete as solo. Also, keeping a Orr server will keep a decent number of people in it allowing for unlocked temples and easy DEs with sufficient people and a good amount of exploration and farming.
I would suggest the following servers :
NA – Tarnished Coast
EU – Desolation
The reason why i chose high population server is because the population already residing there can also help maintain control of the region which will be always more than guests. Even if there is a overflow created, it takes a max of 5 mins and a working overflow would be an indication that the region is full of people.
I’d suggest Tarnished Coast as the unofficial Guesting server as well (for NA) in general. Simply because we do have a lot of people out in the world already, so we have a solid foundation for visitors.
I was thinking about this too. Have a server for people to guest for leveling. It would help with the empty zones feeling.
I wish anet would have created home world/overflow option to click on while out in pve land. Overflow would group players in that zone up from all servers if players so chose to do so in an effort to populate zones better.
Having an unofficial “Orr” server sounds cool. I plan to visit TC first with guesting since I’ve heard it’s busy, but I’m amenable to visiting any other truly busy server, as well.
Why can’t you leave TC to the RPers? It already has an ‘unofficial’ purpose and has been swarmed by WvW bandwagons, pick something else.
TC has a very active PvE community that’s why. Also, TC has a very friendly community that always welcomes new people. Moreover, we will not be touching WvW neither will we be interrupting in their RP unless they want to do it at the Temple of Grenth. Also, people who want to RP or go visit TC will go regardless of the server. Here we are only limiting it to Orr so they wouldn’t be effected in any way imo.
Why can’t you leave TC to the RPers? It already has an ‘unofficial’ purpose and has been swarmed by WvW bandwagons, pick something else.
No, TC is not a WvW bandwagon server. We got a few guilds that came over to try and help fill our coverage gaps but we aren’t dominating and on our way to Tier 1 or anything like that. We got where we are in WvW because our players are gluttons for punishment and keep coming back for more carnage regardless of who we are up against. If it wasn’t for the upcoming standings reset, TC would most likely end up slipping down to Tier 3 again. We can’t compete with the Uber Servers sporting 24/7 coverage.
TC tried to flip the Orr Temples daily even before this patch. It’s a fine choice for guesting for that purpose but note that we are still working on the new Grenth as far as I know. We’ll keep trying until we get him. It’s a moral imperative.
Why can’t you leave TC to the RPers? It already has an ‘unofficial’ purpose and has been swarmed by WvW bandwagons, pick something else.
TC has a very active PvE community that’s why. Also, TC has a very friendly community that always welcomes new people. Moreover, we will not be touching WvW neither will we be interrupting in their RP unless they want to do it at the Temple of Grenth. Also, people who want to RP or go visit TC will go regardless of the server. Here we are only limiting it to Orr so they wouldn’t be effected in any way imo.
There’s a flaw here in assuming that people who enjoy role-playing their character don’t go out in the world and adventure. In fact, I’d argue that out in the world adventuring is where the best kind of role-playing happens.
The majority of Tarnished Coast won’t remain very friendly if it’s flooded by just anyone looking for a crowded server. The majority will soon become the minority.
I can’t imagine anyone wanting their server to become the unofficial Orr server. I chose my server for very specific reasons. What good was that decision if every time I travel into Orr I end up on an overflow server because guests have flooded the real zone?
This is not what guesting should be used for. And if ArenaNet is going to allow this then they need to give zone priority to players that chose the server in question as their home. “Guests” can have whatever space is left.
Why can’t you leave TC to the RPers? It already has an ‘unofficial’ purpose and has been swarmed by WvW bandwagons, pick something else.
TC has a very active PvE community that’s why. Also, TC has a very friendly community that always welcomes new people. Moreover, we will not be touching WvW neither will we be interrupting in their RP unless they want to do it at the Temple of Grenth. Also, people who want to RP or go visit TC will go regardless of the server. Here we are only limiting it to Orr so they wouldn’t be effected in any way imo.
There’s a flaw here in assuming that people who enjoy role-playing their character don’t go out in the world and adventure. In fact, I’d argue that out in the world adventuring is where the best kind of role-playing happens.
The majority of Tarnished Coast won’t remain very friendly if it’s flooded by just anyone looking for a crowded server. The majority will soon become the minority.
I can’t imagine anyone wanting their server to become the unofficial Orr server. I chose my server for very specific reasons. What good was that decision if every time I travel into Orr I end up on an overflow server because guests have flooded the real zone?
This is not what guesting should be used for. And if ArenaNet is going to allow this then they need to give zone priority to players that chose the server in question as their home. “Guests” can have whatever space is left.
I don’t think there will be that many people crowding for Orr. I was in TC guesting and while they do they have a decent number of people in Orr, its not a lot .They are still to complete Grenth (as reported earleir by someone) which a lot of servers have done. And also, overflows take a max of 5 mins. I would be pretty happy to wait 5 mins to get into an active region rather than a dull, dreary and empty wasteland….
I posted something similar to this yesterday, but it disappeared under the flood of update threads (I should have seen that coming tbh). I’m glad to see someone else thought the same thing about having unofficial servers. I think unofficial servers would be a great way to get people together to do content they want to, and that we should have one for dungeons as well.
I didn’t actually think too much about which world would have each purpose, but if this is done successfully the majority of the players would probably be guests, so I figured a low population world might be a decent choice so that way it’s not crowded an already crowded area, and those who guest to it would be the ones who are specifically going there for events (as opposed to mat farming). Overall though, I don’t think it really matters what server is chosen, as long as people can agree on it.
If it gets to the point where the overflow takes way to long to get in (seems kind of unlikely), we can just choose a second world with the same purpose.
