Guild Wars 2

Hi guys.

I wanted to switch to Tarnished Coast because I’m told it’s the roleplaying server and it hosts tons of guilds (and, incidentally, I’m also looking for a guild).

Sadly, TC is full. At the moment these NA servers are full…

Jade Quarry
Blackgate
Darkhaven
Sea of Sorrows
Tarnished Coast

What would be another good choice?

I’m mostly a PvE player. Competitive play isn’t important to me. I prefer a cooperative, social vibe. I’m interested in trying RPing.

One advice would be to browse server community websites (see stickied thread on page 1) and ask there. That said, apart from WvW, home world doesn’t matter for PvE or sPvP.so this might be a non issue. Just look for guilds that meet your need and they can advise you further.

Hiya, Eethy!

Tarnished Coast is the unofficial RP server, and there are thousands of guilds here. =) However, things have gotten a little complicated since the introduction of the megaserver system.

Previously, there was one copy of the map that was the “real” copy, and then there were overflows. Everyone from the “real” copy were all from the same server, and then overflows had people from all the different servers of a region (like North America).

In those cases, once you got onto the real copy of the server, everyone was from your server, and you could do things like… walk around Divinity’s Reach and see a lot of people RPing in /say.

Now, with the megaservers, there’s multiple copies of the map, with no “real” copy vs. overflows, and you’re put on a copy of the map based on complex algorithms that take into account your guildmates, people on your friends list, people in your party (if any), the activity level at the time, etc.

That means that there’s no longer really any Tarnished Coast maps, like Divinity’s Reach, where people from TC hang out and RP. Server essentially only matters now for World vs. World, like Grimwar mentioned.

From your description, it sounds like your best bet would be to try these two things:

1. Try to join a PvX guild that has RP events, and/or
2. Use GW2 RPers to find RP events or RP partners.

If you’re interested in trying #1, I run a PvX guild (based in Tarnished Coast) with an RP Team (Noodle and Mitha) who host lots of fun RP events. We have two open forum RPs right now (with private forum RP available to people who want it), and in-game RP events during the week. Last night, Noodle and Mitha hosted an in-character run of Crucible of Eternity: Story Mode. Mitha also wrote an amazing guide to the lore of GW1 and GW2 to help people get caught up or figure out plot points, etc. (There’s YouTube videos linked to illustrate!)

If we sound like a promising option, please check out our forums. If you register, you can see most of our GW2 sections (not the RP, to preserve RPers’ privacy), and you can get a feel for us to see if we might be a good fit. And if you decide you want to join, you can fill out our application (not about gear/level, just to weed out trolls) on the forums.

I’m up for answering any questions you might have, too. Good luck in your guild search, and I hope we hear from you soon. ^^

@Aidyn Thanks so much for the info. I’m returning after a long hiatus & didn’t realize that’s how servers work now. Cool, that’s good to know.

I will definitely check out your guild. It sounds really great.

Awesome, I’m glad I could help. =)