Guild Wars 2

Hi guys
So today I’m here to ask about the servers population. Is that ever updated? Was ever updated?
Why do I ask this? Well because I play in the Underworld server, in Europe and there is no way, but NO WAY that, that server is still a Very High populated server. For months since a bit before the first season of WvW started we have been allways in last every week. CoF, the most farmed dgn in the game if it gets open, is once a day, world bosses with less than half that used to have and it’s rare to have any champ train. I only get in a overflow in LA if there is an update that is heavily there like Winterday and it is only the first few days.
When will you update this? Thanks to the WvW seasons, basicly all searious WvW players left (so yeah we are just loot bags to other servers) and since it still says that we are in the Very High population server the price to switch servers is really high, so yeah, everybody leaves and nobody joins.

Please fix this as soon as possible, at leats before the new season of WvW starts

It’s possible that a large portion of your server guests elsewhere for those PvE activities.

with the LFG tool active, there’s no reason to stand around at the dungeon door, making it impossible to tell how many ppl are actually doing it.

The population column on the server selection list has nothing to do with the number of concurrent players on the server. It is an indication of how many Player Accounts are based on that server. If enough Accounts transfer off your server and are not replaced with Accounts transferring on or new Accounts joining your server, the level will drop to High.

GrandmaFunk.3052:

It’s possible that a large portion of your server guests elsewhere for those PvE activities.

with the LFG tool active, there’s no reason to stand around at the dungeon door, making it impossible to tell how many ppl are actually doing it.

Yeah, but in order to enter the dgn it need to be open, CoF never is, if I want to go do it with my guild I allways have to guest

LyricDawnhagen.7803:

The population column on the server selection list has nothing to do with the number of concurrent players on the server. It is an indication of how many Player Accounts are based on that server. If enough Accounts transfer off your server and are not replaced with Accounts transferring on or new Accounts joining your server, the level will drop to High.

So my server is full of inactive accounts? Because all the active players in WvW that really want to do WvW moved, and when they did we were actually not that bad, we even formed some allainces and guilds specialized in WvW, don’t ask me why they left because Idk why (although I would like to know)

Hmmm, are you really on the same server as me?

Sure, wvw sucks for us but is has since this time last year when 90% of wvwers left for whatever server was currently winning at the time.

Trains run like clockwork, World bosses bring crowdscenes…

Maybe you want to move server and dont want to pay?

mPascoal.4258:

don’t ask me why they left because Idk why (although I would like to know)

Not giving you the full story, but basicly there were quite a few decent wvw guilds on UW not to long ago. UW was a decent WvW-server. But even then, there was always alot of drama, due to certain people with very inflated egos (some of which are still on UW). This drama led to a few core guilds leaving long before leagues.

When leagues were anounced, UW was rank 18. That meant last spot in Silver league, not a very desirable position, considering that back then we thought we`d get decent rewards. UW could however have just stopped playing for a week, thus dropping to rank 19, which meant 1st place in bronze league with chances of winning it. Some guilds wanted to this, other guild leaders were against this. In the end, UW did not drop to 19th place, and it became clear that they would be last in SL.

This lead some guilds to leave the server, basicly because they didn`t want to get owned in every matchup for 2 months and get the worst loot for it in the end. These guilds leaving left UW in an even weaker state, which means they`d get owned even harder. This in turn, caused other guilds who didn`t initially plan on leaving, to leave. The process continued until there were only 3 wvw guilds left when the season ended. One of these has now lost hope and left aswell, leaving UW with 2 semi active wvw-guilds and a PvE population with no interest in the finer arts of wvw-ing. This again, is the reason i transferred to another server this week.

This all went alot deeper than i described here, but this is the essence of why UW died. Anet`s brilliant league implementation played a large role in it, but there were symptoms long before that.

Mimizu.7340:

Hmmm, are you really on the same server as me?

Sure, wvw sucks for us but is has since this time last year when 90% of wvwers left for whatever server was currently winning at the time.

Trains run like clockwork, World bosses bring crowdscenes…

Maybe you want to move server and dont want to pay?

No I just want to be able to do the same content as most Very High populated servers without have to guest and possible have to change server.
And WvW is a joke, Idk how that works but for god sake, allways against servers with zergs with more than double of ours when they clap. To get things worse, since from month we are allways last we are allways the easy target, and guess what, 2 vs 1, with the other 2 having a battle if they face eachother. Like seriously, if I want to enjoy WvW I want to have a chance of winning. Go there to run and then get wiped isn’t funny.

Garrisyl.7402:

mPascoal.4258:

don’t ask me why they left because Idk why (although I would like to know)

Not giving you the full story, but basicly there were quite a few decent wvw guilds on UW not to long ago. UW was a decent WvW-server. But even then, there was always alot of drama, due to certain people with very inflated egos (some of which are still on UW). This drama led to a few core guilds leaving long before leagues.

When leagues were anounced, UW was rank 18. That meant last spot in Silver league, not a very desirable position, considering that back then we thought we`d get decent rewards. UW could however have just stopped playing for a week, thus dropping to rank 19, which meant 1st place in bronze league with chances of winning it. Some guilds wanted to this, other guild leaders were against this. In the end, UW did not drop to 19th place, and it became clear that they would be last in SL.

This lead some guilds to leave the server, basicly because they didn`t want to get owned in every matchup for 2 months and get the worst loot for it in the end. These guilds leaving left UW in an even weaker state, which means they`d get owned even harder. This in turn, caused other guilds who didn`t initially plan on leaving, to leave. The process continued until there were only 3 wvw guilds left when the season ended. One of these has now lost hope and left aswell, leaving UW with 2 semi active wvw-guilds and a PvE population with no interest in the finer arts of wvw-ing. This again, is the reason i transferred to another server this week.

This all went alot deeper than i described here, but this is the essence of why UW died. Anet`s brilliant league implementation played a large role in it, but there were symptoms long before that.

Great. So there’s really no hope right?
I heard about that weak when it was planned for us to change to rank 19. I almost sure that those who didn’t wanted to drop, just left as well by now.
Well I would love to start commanding, but I love Thief to much to do my Guardian or Warrior main by now, and since Thief don’t do that great for zergs, commanding with it isn’t that of an option (even though, as the server is right now, I bet most wouldn’t even care)