Guild Wars 2

Every time i login, the game seems to be empty…. i simply cant find any players, and the chat is empty aswell. this makes me so sad, it’s a great game !

is it just me ?

Some left, Some taking break.

Go to Lions Arch, there are usually people there LFG for dungeons and fractals …

Sadly Anet has severely nerfed all the loot mobs drop forcing people to hunt in a few certain areas :-(

Try Frostgorge sound (Ice Troll area and Icebrood Collossuses) or pen/shelter in Orr
Sadly all other places are virtually pointless to farm (Thanks Anet)

The new system of servers splits everyone up. If you play at night like I do, you won’t see a single person throughout your playtime. This makes events very frustrating for me as I can’t solo all of them. The old GW1 system of “servers” made it so that I was always meshed together with people. The solution to this problem is to add in cross server areas so that I can play with others across all servers at all times.

http://gw2lfg.com/

This website can help you find people to play with (specifically for dungeon use), assuming that you also cannot find people to do dungeons with you.

No its not you…

Anet has done some things people dont like so they have left.
Grind and VP = People left
Fracs only dungeons =People in LA or fed up and left
DR and loot nerfs (X3)=People left cause of a lack of rewards

Just a few of the things they have done to cause people to vacate the premiss.
There are bots farming scales in the ocean but they wont respond to your chat.
I agree It WAS a great game.

I am taking a break until they fix loot and reward issues.

And the world is dead because everyone is grinding dungeons, try LA if you want to see someone else in the game lol.

This post is meant to be honest and sincere, not asinine and trollish. Take it for what it is, folks. No need to get worked up – and I’m happy to discuss any point I make civilly.

It’s sad. I loved Guild Wars. I played it for thousands and thousands of hours. I wanted to love this game. I looked forward to it since it was announced when EotN came out. I was so excited at headstart to get a new character made that was going to be my online alter-ego for years to come. I didn’t sleep the night before, I was so excited. So maybe that will tell you a little about how much fun I had in Guild Wars.

I logged on today. Stared at the screen. Couldn’t think of anything fun to do.

Exploration? Done. That was fun, but it went a lot quicker than exploration in GW did.

I’ve got an 80. I fitted it out with exotic gear, happy in my mistaken belief that now I was set forever to be able to go anywhere, do anything in Guild Wars 2. We all know what happened to that belief.

Level an alt? I can’t get one past 40 without losing interest. The higher level content is, sorry to say, really really boring between about 40 and 70. Compounding the frustration is the fact that once I DO get to 80, I have to start the gear grind on my alt, too. Sigh…I just wanted to play, not grind.

Level a profession? I don’t have the money to do that. Have you seen the prices of materials on the Trading Post? Since I’m honest and don’t bot, I don’t have the mats or the money. I don’t have the time to farm up all the stuff needed. I’m a working adult, yada yada. I just wanted to casually log on for a couple hours after work and play around in the world, just like I used to do in Guild Wars.

Fractals? With whom? Guild is quiet. Friends list is quiet (most threw up their hands in frustration and left last month). I’m not Level XX so I can’t PuG a Fractals group (not that I want to do that dungeon a million times for a remote chance at a drop I don’t even want). I don’t particularly care for the raging and snobbery that this community has developed, either. It’s certainly not the good old fun Guild Wars community. It’s more like WoW.

Other dungeons? I’m not a farmer, so I’ve not run them all a million times. I don’t know all the speed routes and exploits. This community is not nearly as friendly as it was in Guild Wars – it’s more like the WoW crowd and I really don’t think dealing with all the raging over nothing that goes on is fun. So I don’t PuG dungeons in GW2, even though I used to PuG in GW1 all the time (it was fun to meet people in that game).

Farm? If you have to kill monsters for what you want, the drop rates suck, and you need far to many of everything for it to be enjoyable. Nor do I enjoy wandering around from node to node for hours on end. Yawn. This game is grindy beyond description in that regard. No thanks.

WvW? There were a few people running around, but this week’s battle has pretty much already been decided. Essentially the only option is to run around capping supply camps with the 4 other people there. No thanks.

SPvP? Cap cap cap cap cap cap cap cap cap cap cap cap cap cap cap cap cap I’m over it. Maybe if there was a /rank type emote, or a GvG ladder, or something worth being proud to have it’d be worth getting in some practice. As it is….the PvP title can basically be purchased in the Gem Store. So what does it really mean? Nothing. It’s definitely not the esport that it was made out to be.

So I log on…and stare at the screen. It’s just no fun any more.

Log off.

Where am I? Not in Guild Wars 2. Sadly, I’ve found other things to do.

I keep checking here to see if ArenaNet has awakened and smelled the coffee, but nothing yet. They’re just not the fun, involved, creative, intuitive, wonderful ArenaNet that they used to be.

WAKE UP ARENANET!

It’s really sad, i love this game so much ! by far one of the best MMO in a long time. hope they can fix the empty problem. even lion arch is empty no matter what server i transfer to

Log on… Go lion’s arch… see map chat. Everyone looking for fractals. Log off. Anet basically just destroyed their game… They promised NO grind! Yes, they said these are for the WoW Players. But Anet come on.. who come to gw2 just to grind stuff… the reason why gw2 is so hyped because Anet promised no grind and people think that it will revolutionise the feeling of mmorpg.

But NO! Exploration is so grindy… Hearts? Please the appearance is just different. They remove the numbers and add a bar instead. They remove the ‘!’ and put ‘<3’. I am extremely disappointed.

Grind in GW2:
Halloween Mad king’s dungeon
Normal Dungeons
Hearts

The only new thing is that we don’t get punished when we explore, and removal of the holy trinity. I wanted this game to be so so so so so good! Gosh… i think i really got my hopes up…

And to all those fan boys who are saying ’ if you hate the game why u still come to the forums?’ It is because i really want Anet to announce that they screwed up and come up with a update that will bring me back to gw2… Hopefully christmas will be good. If they add another dungeon… I WILL BE PISSED TO THE MAX! Another Grind added to the list.

To summarise… Everyone wants to grind stuff, most ppl dont bother to explore and i feel u bro… I would rather play skyrim if i have to solo gw2…

All servers are full, if you see zones empty it’s because the population is concentrated elsewhere.
Anet made a bad choice with the server shard system, yes, they should rethink it and go back to district system (TES online is doing it).

@Chou
No game is meant to keep you entertained forever, all days, 12 hours a day – unless it makes you repeat the same content over and over.

Try the Anvil Rock server.

I am clearing the map with my 80 and seeing people in every zone. I am leveling alts and seeing people in the low zones (some races are more popular then others). To be honest, we are mostly a PvE server. That means WvW hurts, but there are people there too (just not as many as we would like.)

Don’t believe the negative comments. This game is far from dying. Server transfers are free (for now), do a little shopping till you find a good one.

GraynX.8947:

Try the Anvil Rock server.

I am clearing the map with my 80 and seeing people in every zone. I am leveling alts and seeing people in the low zones (some races are more popular then others). To be honest, we are mostly a PvE server. That means WvW hurts, but there are people there too (just not as many as we would like.)

Don’t believe the negative comments. This game is far from dying. Server transfers are free (for now), do a little shopping till you find a good one.

I’ll try that server, but if i don’t see any ppl, i am quitting this kitten :p

Zeanix.8624:

Every time i login, the game seems to be empty…. i simply cant find any players, and the chat is empty aswell. this makes me so sad, it’s a great game !

is it just me ?

I find these posts perplexing. I play most days, and I have friends on other servers. All of them are very full, with LA on overflow for most of the hours of the day.

The OP mentions blacktide in an earlier post of his. Blacktide is always busy. Even at 6am there are people making fractals groups in LA. I know, it’s weird.

The OP wrote his post at 8AM, asking where everyone is.

People are in bed dude, or getting ready for work, usually.

But here’s the thing.

Blacktide has lots of people in LA at 8AM. I know this for a fact.

So I’m guessing you’re just lying to make a point.

Server population is not players online at that time, it’s players registered to that server.

Yes, it’s full of accounts of people who aren’t playing.

On Desolation server i see people in every zone i go, admittedly there are a lot more in Lion’s Arch, Orr and Frostgorge, but that’s normal as the 80s station there.

I strongly advise you to join a larger guild. I know, we have our bestestbest friend 7-people guild-with-our-historical-tag, but joining a larger guild will not detract anything from the other guild (if it is quiet, it is quiet), and will give you a new perspective on the game.

Because, these game is meant to be played with other players. Forget farming, forget money and gear, and try going in a dungeon or on the events with your friends/team/guildmates in Teamspeak.

It wouldn’t be so efficient, but… i bet you will have fun again. Even wiping for hours (as we did in Arah last night without having a clue about the “speed routes”, hehe ).

PowerCat.5738:

Server population is not players online at that time, it’s players registered to that server.

Yes, it’s full of accounts of people who aren’t playing.

You keep repeating this, in every thread, several times a day, but it is not true.

Otherwise how do you explain servers keep going down from full to high in the mornings, and back up again every evening?

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xiv.7136:

PowerCat.5738:

Server population is not players online at that time, it’s players registered to that server.

Yes, it’s full of accounts of people who aren’t playing.

You keep repeating this, in every thread, several times a day, but it is not true.

Otherwise how do you explain servers keep going down from full to heavy in the mornings, and back up again every evening?

People switch server. it’s still free, but you have to wait 7 days to do it again.
Do you really think there’s that many people playing at 8am on a tuesday?

PowerCat.5738:

xiv.7136:

PowerCat.5738:

Server population is not players online at that time, it’s players registered to that server.

Yes, it’s full of accounts of people who aren’t playing.

You keep repeating this, in every thread, several times a day, but it is not true.

Otherwise how do you explain servers keep going down from full to heavy in the mornings, and back up again every evening?

People switch server. it’s still free, but you have to wait 7 days to do it again.

Do you really think there’s that many people playing at 8am on a tuesday?

I know there is.

I actually play in the mornings, and there’s always groups running and active WvW.

People are not transferring servers every day in the morning, and then back again in the evening. For obvious reasons, there is a 1 week cooldown.

Your obsession with trying to make everything think “full” servers are somehow empty is interesting.

Edit: interesting, the people who instantly jump on my post, always the same few names

xiv.7136:

PowerCat.5738:

xiv.7136:

PowerCat.5738:

Server population is not players online at that time, it’s players registered to that server.

Yes, it’s full of accounts of people who aren’t playing.

You keep repeating this, in every thread, several times a day, but it is not true.

Otherwise how do you explain servers keep going down from full to heavy in the mornings, and back up again every evening?

People switch server. it’s still free, but you have to wait 7 days to do it again.

Do you really think there’s that many people playing at 8am on a tuesday?

I know there is.

I actually play in the mornings, and there’s always groups running and active WvW.

People are not transferring servers every day in the morning, and then back again in the evening. For obvious reasons, there is a 1 week cooldown.

Your obsession with trying to make everything think “full” servers are somehow empty is interesting.

EDIT: Oh look, you edited your post.

They look and feel empty. I believe he is right btw, it will say high pop in the morning and LA will even be pretty empty.

xiv.7136:

PowerCat.5738:

xiv.7136:

PowerCat.5738:

Server population is not players online at that time, it’s players registered to that server.

Yes, it’s full of accounts of people who aren’t playing.

You keep repeating this, in every thread, several times a day, but it is not true.

Otherwise how do you explain servers keep going down from full to heavy in the mornings, and back up again every evening?

People switch server. it’s still free, but you have to wait 7 days to do it again.

Do you really think there’s that many people playing at 8am on a tuesday?

I know there is.

I actually play in the mornings, and there’s always groups running and active WvW.

People are not transferring servers every day in the morning, and then back again in the evening. For obvious reasons, there is a 1 week cooldown.

Your obsession with trying to make everything think “full” servers are somehow empty is interesting.

Tin foil hat dude.

I actually agree with the others… Why would u think that there are so many ppl playing the game? I play the game solo most of the time… The maps are so empty. if there are alot of ppl I would see ppl doing dynamic events and i would go overflow most of the time. If u don’t feel that way i don’t know what’s wrong with u :p

Everyone is doing fractals, that is where the fun is at.

Many times mods have said server capacity is people REGISTERED to that server.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Server-Populations/first#post703192

There’s a quote from a mod. WHY ARE WE STILL ARGUING THIS?

MrThebigcheese.2014:

xiv.7136:

PowerCat.5738:

xiv.7136:

PowerCat.5738:

Server population is not players online at that time, it’s players registered to that server.

Yes, it’s full of accounts of people who aren’t playing.

You keep repeating this, in every thread, several times a day, but it is not true.

Otherwise how do you explain servers keep going down from full to heavy in the mornings, and back up again every evening?

People switch server. it’s still free, but you have to wait 7 days to do it again.

Do you really think there’s that many people playing at 8am on a tuesday?

I know there is.

I actually play in the mornings, and there’s always groups running and active WvW.

People are not transferring servers every day in the morning, and then back again in the evening. For obvious reasons, there is a 1 week cooldown.

Your obsession with trying to make everything think “full” servers are somehow empty is interesting.

EDIT: Oh look, you edited your post.

They look and feel empty. I believe he is right btw, it will say high pop in the morning and LA will even be pretty empty.

So your post history says you’ve been doomsaying for the last couple of months.

Yet you’re still here?

You must really love the game to write posts predicting its demise every day, yet still stick around to play and comment.

PowerCat.5738:

Many times mods have said server capacity is people REGISTERED to that server.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Server-Populations/first#post703192

There’s a quote from a mod. WHY ARE WE STILL ARGUING THIS?

Because when servers do drop from full, its always at the same time and it happens to multiple servers – offpeak.

It isn’t just accounts registered.

PowerCat.5738:

Many times mods have said server capacity is people REGISTERED to that server.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Server-Populations/first#post703192

There’s a quote from a mod. WHY ARE WE STILL ARGUING THIS?

Because what she said isn’t clear.

And because server population changes by time of day, every day.

Registered accounts do not fluctuate by time of day, every day.

It’s always lower from like 5am-8am, when late night players go to bed and early morning players haven’t woken up yet.

You must be new to MMOs. All MMOs are quite empty at those hours of the morning. That’s exactly what you would expect to see if the server list was tracking people currently online.

I should have just used the word “off-peak”, that kind of makes what I’m trying to explain simpler xD

Eva said: when you see a server FULL means that the people who’ve chosen that server as theirs, or players who have moved to that particular server, have reached the cap

How is that ambiguous? It’s the amount of people who have chosen that server as theirs, or have moved to that server, it’s reached its limit.

PowerCat.5738:

Eva said: when you see a server FULL means that the people who’ve chosen that server as theirs, or players who have moved to that particular server, have reached the cap

How is that ambiguous? It’s the amount of people who have chosen that server as theirs, or have moved to that server, it’s reached its limit.

Explain why the servers keep dropping to high every morning in the early hours.

xiv.7136:

PowerCat.5738:

Many times mods have said server capacity is people REGISTERED to that server.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Server-Populations/first#post703192

There’s a quote from a mod. WHY ARE WE STILL ARGUING THIS?

Because what she said isn’t clear.

And because server population changes by time of day, every day.

Registered accounts do not fluctuate by time of day, every day.

It’s always lower from like 5am-8am, when late night players go to bed and early morning players haven’t woken up yet.

You must be new to MMOs. All MMOs are quite empty at those hours of the morning. That’s exactly what you would expect to see if the server list was tracking people currently online.

Well answer me this, then.

Ok, let’s suppose that server status is current people playing at that time (which it isn’t), what happens if there’s 20 000 accounts registered to that server, but the server only handles 10 000 concurrent players? what happens to the rest? it tells them sorry you can’t connect?

How does server full relating to currently online players make any sense?

The overflow is created when an AREA has reached a certain cap of players, but it has no direct relation to SERVER capacity.

xiv.7136:

PowerCat.5738:

Eva said: when you see a server FULL means that the people who’ve chosen that server as theirs, or players who have moved to that particular server, have reached the cap

How is that ambiguous? It’s the amount of people who have chosen that server as theirs, or have moved to that server, it’s reached its limit.

Explain why the servers keep dropping to high every morning in the early hours.

Dude face it it’s not about wether if it’s high/full, it depends on the amount of ppl u see in LA and places in Tyria

I’ll say it again:

Explain why the servers keep dropping to high every morning in the early hours.

I have explained that many times before. You simply choose to ignore it.

Let’s suppose that server status is current people playing at that time (which it isn’t), what happens if there’s 20 000 accounts registered to that server, but the server only handles 10 000 concurrent players? what happens to the rest? it tells them sorry you can’t connect?

PowerCat.5738:

I have explained that many times before. You simply choose to ignore it.

Let’s suppose that server status is current people playing at that time (which it isn’t), what happens if there’s 20 000 accounts registered to that server, but the server only handles 10 000 concurrent players? what happens to the rest? it tells them sorry you can’t connect?

That does not explain why server full drops to high every morning.

Answer the question.

PowerCat.5738:

I have explained that many times before. You simply choose to ignore it.

Let’s suppose that server status is current people playing at that time (which it isn’t), what happens if there’s 20 000 accounts registered to that server, but the server only handles 10 000 concurrent players? what happens to the rest? it tells them sorry you can’t connect?

Not saying its based on current players.

But saying its 100% based on registers users is BS too.

I have answered it in my previous messages. Read up.

From a programming standpoint, you have to make it the amount of registered users on the server.

this is generel, not 8am.

nofo.8469:

Not saying its based on current players.

But saying its 100% based on registers users is BS too.

The “player capacity” cap is set on a “per-map” basis, that is the entire system of the overflow. When it’s reached, the overflow servers create an instance. And that is also why it’s not related to server capacity.

PowerCat.5738:

I have answered it in my previous messages. Read up.

From a programming standpoint, you have to make it the amount of registered users on the server.

You’re not answering the question. Still.

Why do the servers go down from full to high every morning.

xiv.7136:

PowerCat.5738:

I have answered it in my previous messages. Read up.

From a programming standpoint, you have to make it the amount of registered users on the server.

You’re not answering the question. Still.

Why do the servers go down from full to high every morning.

People usually move servers before going to bed, or after waking up.

Now your turn to answer my question

PowerCat.5738:

xiv.7136:

PowerCat.5738:

I have answered it in my previous messages. Read up.

From a programming standpoint, you have to make it the amount of registered users on the server.

You’re not answering the question. Still.

Why do the servers go down from full to high every morning.

People usually move servers before going to bed, or after waking up.

So your answer, let me get this straight, is that:

Servers go down from full to high every day in the morning because everyone moves server at the same hours – between 5am and 8am, every day.

Never mind that transferring has a 1-week cooldown, people are doing this same thing, every day.

Do you really believe this?

xiv.7136:

PowerCat.5738:

xiv.7136:

PowerCat.5738:

I have answered it in my previous messages. Read up.

From a programming standpoint, you have to make it the amount of registered users on the server.

You’re not answering the question. Still.

Why do the servers go down from full to high every morning.

People usually move servers before going to bed, or after waking up.

So your answer, let me get this straight, is that:

Servers go down from full to high every day in the morning because everyone moves server at the same hours – between 5am and 8am.

Never mind that transferring has a 1-week cooldown, people are doing this same thing, every day.

Do you really believe this? Maybe you believe that the entire US government are aliens?

You haven’t answered my question.

PowerCat.5738:

xiv.7136:

PowerCat.5738:

xiv.7136:

PowerCat.5738:

I have answered it in my previous messages. Read up.

From a programming standpoint, you have to make it the amount of registered users on the server.

You’re not answering the question. Still.

Why do the servers go down from full to high every morning.

People usually move servers before going to bed, or after waking up.

So your answer, let me get this straight, is that:

Servers go down from full to high every day in the morning because everyone moves server at the same hours – between 5am and 8am.

Never mind that transferring has a 1-week cooldown, people are doing this same thing, every day.

Do you really believe this? Maybe you believe that the entire US government are aliens?

You haven’t answered my question.

Honestly, your explanation is entirely fabricated.

I’ve just explained to you why your only reason is obviously wrong, because transfers have a 1-week cooldown.

Surely you agree your explanation is incorrect?

Edit: oh and never mind the hilarious assumption that everyone is moving servers every morning from 5am-8am.

Well anyway, the official word from arenanet is that server capacity is amount of players registered to that server, you can see the official arenanet response here:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Server-Populations/first#post703192

It’s quite clear, and if you choose to find it ambiguous because it’s not what you wanted to hear, then suggest it as a feature.

PowerCat.5738:

Well anyway, the official word from arenanet is that server capacity is amount of players registered to that server, you can see the official arenanet response here:

Anyway the fact of the matter is that Eva said server capacity is total players registered to that server

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Server-Populations/first#post703192

Stop repeating the same nonsense, it’s weird xD

We’ve just discussed it and unless you believe that everyone is transferring servers every morning (which they can’t) then what you’re saying isn’t true.

CC Eva does not say anything clearly, and in fact goes back on what she said earlier. I’m fairly sure he/she must be embarrassed at the confusion, and she hasn’t posted anything about it since.

Use your common sense.

Jeez xD

Great, I’m glad we all agree that server capacity is the amount of people registered to that server, as Eva suggested in her response to this exact same thread at https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Server-Populations/first#post703192

Thanks.

PowerCat.5738:

Great, I’m glad we all agree that server capacity is the amount of people registered to that server, as Eva suggested in her response to this exact same thread at https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Server-Populations/first#post703192

Thanks.

I give up.

You want to keep lying on the forums, fine.

I’ll just go back to WvW xD

Everytime I want to do a dungeon I look at the comments section on gw2lfg and it reminds why I dont do dungeons.

Tarnished Coast seems to have folks around at all hours, and not just in LA.