Guild Wars 2

So I’m a bit of a nub on server transfers. A friend of mine got the game and wants to play on JQ with me, but the server is ‘full’. So does one just have to wait for people to transfer out due to a hard cap, or is it a soft cap sort of thing (like in FFXIV and other games where they occasionally turn off transfers for high-volume servers?).

Should he just be checking back each day to see if he can get in? Will there be some kind of alert if it becomes not ‘full’?

Thanks

Astral Projections.7320:

You only need to be on the same server if you want to do WvW together. If you just want to do PvE or PvP, then it can be any server in the same data center (the NA or EU servers).

Yeah, WvW is pretty much why we want to play this game. PvP is great, too, but definitely want to be on the same server for WvW cuz its awesome

There’s a hard cap, but usually people are transferring in and out all the time. Look for times when the population drops to Very High

You only need to be on the same server if you want to do WvW together. If you just want to do PvE or PvP, then it can be any server in the same data center (the NA or EU servers).

Also, an account can transfer for free to any non full server if they delete all their characters. So if he want so be on the same server for WvW, he can join a server now then delete his chars and transfer when the server drops to very high.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/World#Transferring
“The transfer fee is waived for accounts without any active characters. This allows players just starting out to change to another world that is not full. You also can transfer without cost if you delete all your existing characters. The next time you log on without any characters, you will be prompted to choose a new home world. Please be aware of the following:

Transfers to any game world — whether free or paid for with gems — are allowed only if the population of the world is at less than capacity.
Transfers to any game world — whether free or paid for with gems — are allowed only once per seven days.
If you decide to delete the characters on your account, Customer Support cannot restore them, in whole or in part.
Items left on the characters will be deleted and cannot be restored. Move items to your personal account bank to preserve them."

You don’t have to be on the same server to play together.
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/introducing-the-megaserver-system/

Deli.1302:

You don’t have to be on the same server to play together.
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/introducing-the-megaserver-system/

*Unless they want to play WvW together. Then they have to be on the same server.

JustTrogdor.7892:

Deli.1302:

You don’t have to be on the same server to play together.
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/introducing-the-megaserver-system/

*Unless they want to play WvW together. Then they have to be on the same server.

Not necessarily :p
You can be on opposing servers and still play together.