Guild Wars 2

You’re behind the times.

Server population is determined by WvW activity and goes up and down depending on how many people do WvW in a set period of time.

Not only that, but halfway through every match-up, the Full Servers are open for transfer, if possible.

I don’t think ‘inactive’ accounts have anything to do with it, since those accounts aren’t playing WvW.

From 11 months ago

Samuel Loretan.8601:

Fellow Warriors of the Mists,

World population is visible on the labels on the World Selection and Transfer screen. It determines whether you can transfer to a world and, if you can, how much the transfer will cost. These measures historically have been set based on aggregate population levels around all game modes. But because World versus World is the only game mode to which worlds apply these days, we have developed a better model that exclusively uses WvW data to determine population levels and transfer costs.

We will be rolling out the new model soon and some shifts in the population levels should be expected. We’ll continue to monitor the situation, and we’ll make all adjustments we deem necessary to improve the WvW experience. As always, your feedback is very welcome.

See you in the Mists,
— Samuel

As said above, there are no inactive accounts blocking people from servers, since server populace is determined from active players in WvW.

All previous arguments, plus the fact that it isn’t fair to players who might return, only to find that they are no longer on their server of preference.