Guild Wars 2

I’ve got a friend in real life trying to join my server, but it’s saying ‘Full’ on the server list. He’s trying to get onto Jade Quarry American server. Does this happen often? And when would it be available again for him to join?

A full server stops being full when someone transfers off of it, or ArenaNet increases the server caps, which probably won’t happen again any time soon. It could stop being full at any moment, but it will be full again just as quickly.

Justin.6724:

What’s the reason for servers being completely full? Is it bodies logged into the server or is it everyone who has the server as it’s home server? My friend also just bought the game and is trying to get into JQ. Isn’t there a limit for time’s one can guest?

It’s based off of how many people have that server as their home server. You can guest to a maximum of 2 different servers per 24 hours and once selected, you can guest to those servers an unlimited amount of times within that 24 hour period.

With the way their servers are setup and overflows work, server capacity is meaningless. Showing a server as full is simply a means to populate other worlds and unlike other MMOs, is not because of a hardware limitation.

Your friend can always guest to JQ.

What’s the reason for servers being completely full? Is it bodies logged into the server or is it everyone who has the server as it’s home server? My friend also just bought the game and is trying to get into JQ. Isn’t there a limit for time’s one can guest?

That’s what i’ve been wondering. Is it the number of people who have it as home server or the number of people on it total (Home server+Guests) because if it’s home server+guests he’d just have to wait til one of the guesters is gone. But if it’s home server alone then that poses the biggest problem..

GinOokami.7814:

That’s what i’ve been wondering. Is it the number of people who have it as home server or the number of people on it total (Home server+Guests) because if it’s home server+guests he’d just have to wait til one of the guesters is gone. But if it’s home server alone then that poses the biggest problem..

I believe that is only the number of people that are really home to the world. Otherwise the full status would be fairly unstable. But the reality is full status tends to stay for a quite a while since people rarely leaves a full server. Consider some other worlds to enter if JQ stays full all the time.

We had Full servers before guesting was implemented, so I don’t think that is especially taken into account.

Still, the only time we have had much of an answer from a Dev, was that both population (at the time) and accounts associated with the server was what determined the population.

The servers used to fluctuate between Very High and Full for short periods of time, but I haven’t seen that, myself, in a long time.

Deli.1302:

Your friend can always guest to JQ.

Probably the best solution, although not optimal. Won’t be able to WvW together however. Can always transfer later (if there’s space) but that will costs gems.