Guild Wars 2

I have a question. How are EU servers as opposed to the NA servers?
also would someone from NA be able to go to EU servers or would it make the game lag worse? Thank you all for any help

They are very similar for the most part. One comes across more people speaking other languages on the EU servers.

I have very little lag on either region, but it happens on both sometimes. I cannot tell the difference when playing normally. From what I have read lag mostly depends on your internet connection.

US servers: fewer trolls, more friendly and welcoming, FAR friendlier and lively map chat.

I am in the UK and regret making my EU account. I play on the US megaserver most of the time now. If I could, I would buy 3 more US slots and have my EU characters ported over.

EU feels mostly like a solo game, with people actually telling you to shut up if you try to spark up /m conversation.

As for the lag, it is there and noticeable, particularly at peak times. Worth it though.

About EU :

yes starting a /m conversation espacially if it’s not in English and the megaserver shard you are in is “multi-ethnic” it won’t be appreciated.

However, when I see people complaining about this, I usually recommend them to use the language filter, after that they shut up.

I strongly disagree about trolls in WvW however. Also, when rookies ask question in the chat, people respond and respond quickly.

I’ve only played on EU servers so I can’t comment on the NA ones but I’ve never seen anyone complaining about conversations in map chat. At peak times it’s rare to see a map where there isn’t a conversation going on, unless map chat is being used to coordinate events.

Occasionally you get people complaining about people not using English, but they’re easy to ignore (or block if necessary).

GuzziHero.2467:

I am in the UK and regret making my EU account. I play on the US megaserver most of the time now. If I could, I would buy 3 more US slots and have my EU characters ported over.

You know you can transfer your account to a US server right? It’s exactly the same process as transferring within a region. You’ll have to pay gems but that’s all.

I started on NA server but transferred to EU server a few months ago. On the NA server, I found a lot more trolls and jerks. Once I transferred to EU, I didn’t run into as many. As far as lag goes, once support was able to fix my problem, I haven’t noticed any lag. My problem was my router btw. You can change regions, as another poster said, just pull down the drop down box during world selection and pick EU. Of course, you’ll have to pay for the transfer.

Danikat.8537:

GuzziHero.2467:

I am in the UK and regret making my EU account. I play on the US megaserver most of the time now. If I could, I would buy 3 more US slots and have my EU characters ported over.

You know you can transfer your account to a US server right? It’s exactly the same process as transferring within a region. You’ll have to pay gems but that’s all.

Yup, but not from one account to another.

I did think about transferring my EU account to the US, so I could have 2 characters on 2 computers involved in roleplay (for example when they, in character, are partners)… but I felt I’d probably go schizophrenic!

I’ve been in NA server, Sea of Sorrows, ever since Beta. And trust me, I’ve met alot of scumbags, idiots and people who don’t give a kitten about anyone or anything - specially during a dungeon / fractal... or they’re just really stupid. -_-’
BUT, I’ve also met nice people aswell! Though that kind is really few of them. But that how the real world is..

Today actually, I did transfer my account to an EU server, Far Shiverpeaks, and so far I’ve met only friendly folks, sure we don’t talk the same language but they are atleast nice to one and another.
Also it’s more fun to meet people across from the Europe if you’re from Europe aswell.

GuzziHero.2467:

US servers: fewer trolls, more friendly and welcoming, FAR friendlier and lively map chat.

I am in the UK and regret making my EU account. I play on the US megaserver most of the time now. If I could, I would buy 3 more US slots and have my EU characters ported over.

EU feels mostly like a solo game, with people actually telling you to shut up if you try to spark up /m conversation.

As for the lag, it is there and noticeable, particularly at peak times. Worth it though.

Totally agree with you. Transferred to a NA server and found a lot less hostility & attitude. In fact, none at all so far, after 7 months.

I never have problems starting up some sort of general chitchat in /m. People start talking, once you start talking. If I’m at an event in the early morning, say Rhendak, and there’s 12-15 other players around, nobody saying a word, I’ll just start talking in /s, e.g., “Good morning! We’re not very talkative today, are we? Everyone buried deep in their news papers, sipping their coffee?”—It doesn’t take more than that to have people start talking about everything and anything while we wait. Yes, EU can be a bit quiet, because people don’t want to intrude upon others. But they are more than capable of engaging themselves in conversation, should someone take the initiative to start one. They’re also extremely helpful if you for some reason should have a question about something. For every question I see asked, I see 5-10 people answering.