Guild Wars 2

Right now the game automatically puts you in the server’s version on the map. Now this originally made some sense your playing on that server you should be on that servers map. However now we’ve entered into a cooling off period where people are on and off at random times.

Now many people PREFER to be in the overflow because your likely to get more people during all hours and if your in a low populated server you have a far easier chance to find a group and other activities.

I think the design is backward. You should start in overflow, with an option to go into the main server via a check box not a message. You click the box (maybe on the map) and you queue up for the main server. Of course if this is implemented overflows might become so full you will be forced into your main server.

This would prevent people from leaving a server that is emptying because of server hoppers.

It is also another reason why people are leaving the game, I came from a server where there was almost no one every day I imagine its a good reason why some people just stop playing. I hardly got into overflow and the game was getting extremely boring and lackluster. I transferred to a Full server by chance when it hit high for about two minutes. Now the game is playable again. I look back at that and scratch my head. Why hasn’t Anet put this into effect yet?

This should probably be in the suggestions forum, not in the GW2 discussion one.

But I agree we should be able to go to an overflow if we want. I don’t think we should start there though (unless home server instance is full).

I dunno that that’d be a sound idea. If a server is running low, then steps should be taken to increase that servers population. Allowing players to selectively go to the overflow instead would just decrease the population of that server even more.

DenverRalphy.4185:

I dunno that that’d be a sound idea. If a server is running low, then steps should be taken to increase that servers population. Allowing players to selectively go to the overflow instead would just decrease the population of that server even more.

Except those people would also be able to go to the overflow as well, which could help those low pop server players find other people to play with. Though allowing manual change to an overflow could cause people to abuse them, like they did with the Lost Shores final event.