Guild Wars 2

So my friends and I transferred servers before the update to a high pop server with a decent(but not easy win, about rank 8, 4 higher than we were) ranked WvW server so that we wouldn’t get stuck with an even more empty server than we had. Great for the first week, but it seems now a few days before the update that everyone on our new server jumped ship to another high pop server. So now my friends and I are again in a server losing population, losing every week at WvW and theres just no one around to group for dungeons with (outside of gw2lfg, but those people still arent on our server for the most part).

So what are we supposed to do? Suck it up and pay 1000 gems simply because we didnt get the memo in time(not knowing anyone on the new server yet to tell us otherwise) that everyone was leaving? Doesn’t really seem fair since we made the effort already ahead of time(if we had done it within 7 days before hand we even wouldnt have had the chance to fix it!) I’m all for making money as a business but paid transfers as they are now still don’t ultimately fix the problem. It leaves the poor guys stuck losing and big rich WvW guilds can afford paying for members to transfer if they want to, or even if they dont transfer, they will now and forever stay the top ranked server because everyone is there now.

Trying real hard not to make this a “QQ i didnt get my way” thread but this situation is pretty lame, MMOs are not fun alone.

Fair weather players who jump ship to winning servers at the slightest whiff of loosing just so they could be a “winner” are what caused the problem in the first place. Why not stay on your current server, get involved and help build up your server’s WvW? Be part of the solution, not the problem.

That’s not really possible at this tier, the servers we go against are some of the highest population with big zergs on all 4 maps which can get to anywhere they see a combat symbol on the map faster than a small traveling team can take out the camp. I agree 100% with you that thats what we SHOULD do, however it is not fun at all running across a massive map just to be killed by a zerg and have to make that run again just to die again and eventually be spawn camped.

EDIT: just as a side note, I dont care at all about winning, it doesnt make any difference. But being able to play at all is what I care about.

Make guild group, learn how to play, wipe enemy, gain momentum and soon you can have fun at least one of the maps.

Heijincks.9267:

Guerilla warfare with your friends is always fun. Zergs are laggy anyways.

Again I agree, but not when theres a big flashy X on the map for the zerg to find us the instant we look at one of their NPCs. Zergs are laggy sure but they are still a zerg and will win against a 5 man group any day.

Also, this is not just about WvW, every aspect about the game is boring with less people. Empty zones make the worthwhile events undoable, I am now required to use a third party tool to find a group, and it’s all around discouraging walking around Lions Arch which is supposed to be the most populated zone and see no one as you walk around.

You got to keep moving. Also learn to use the X’s to your advantage. You can make X’s by having everyone attack a bunch of moas then do it again with another group after you’ve run off, showing a trail, then double back. Stay ahead of the zerg. We do it sometimes, just to leave them a false trail.

If you get really good at it, you can really annoy people. It’s great. lol

Vayne.8563:

You got to keep moving. Also learn to use the X’s to your advantage. You can make X’s by having everyone attack a bunch of moas then do it again with another group after you’ve run off, showing a trail, then double back. Stay ahead of the zerg. We do it sometimes, just to leave them a false trail.

If you get really good at it, you can really annoy people. It’s great. lol

Lol agreed thats fun sometimes but not overall, especially with the changes coming to WvW it will matter to be better. Flipping a camp or 2 every now and then is not effective just annoying.

It’s effective as far as farming karma and gold at very least. And upping your achivements in that area. It’s something you can do. But until the changes come on, you don’t really know what will be. It might be much better for you. If I were you I’d hold tight and see what the changes are, before I jump anywhere.