Guild Wars 2

The overflow system is absolutely horrible. It constantly prevents people from playing with their friends, their parties, their guildmates and in many many cases it wastes our time. I know it’s a complex issue and I know it will be hard to come up with a solution that can make everyone happy, but there are some aspects of it that are just too bad to leave as it is now. I’m talking about disconnecting/crashing in the middle of a big event like taco or the wurm or even some of the living story big fights. You get there early, you spend some time organizing things, you put in the effort to beat whatever it is, and then it happens: the game crashes or you get disconnected and all your time is likely just wasted. I’m not suggesting that the bugs get fixed; all games have them and all games probably always have them. I’m not suggesting that you fix the internet and prevent disconnects from happening. All I’d like is not to have my time wasted because my slot on the server is given to someone else just because some technical difficulties were encountered. The solution is simple: hold my spot on the server for 2-3 minutes which should be more than enough time to get back in. Instead of freeing up the slot, push that person who disconnected crashed onto a queue that you process every ten seconds or so, check if the head of the queue has been disconnected for more than 2-3 minutes, and THEN remove them from the queue and free up their slot. If they happen to make it back in, then remove them from the queue and put them back into their slot. Far too many people have their time wasted because of things they can’t help. I know it’s not a solution to the overflow problem, but at least it should help solve one really annoying issue.