Guild Wars 2

Hi there,
I’m new to this game. The game looks pretty awesome on ‘Youtube’ and so on..
Anyway, after I have logged in the game for the first time, I found out there are several servers that you can choose: eu or na, high or very high or full. I want the server with the highest population and the top pro players.

I am from europe by the way.

I have a few questions before I choose a server:
1)Which region has the best players(PVP)?
2)I used to play World of Warcraft – NA version, and I barely had lags, so it was cool.
Will I get many lags if I play in NA servers from europe?
3)Is wvw – eu vs na servers?
4)If I play in na server, the charge for buying gems and etc, would be in $ or euro?
5)I saw some posts of players(from eu) who claim that in eu servers have the same
laggy problem, like in na servers, is that true?
6)As a new player, should I go to the very high population or the high/medium one?
7)If I have chosen a na server already, will I be able to change to eu server without any charge?

Thanks for any comment!

1) Can’t really say much about this personally
2) I’m from Europe and I play on NA servers, general experience is fine
3) Nope, NA vs. NA servers and EU vs. EU servers
4) I play on NA but I pay in Euros (unfortunately )
5) Sometimes there is lag, especially on busy maps. I think this is on both EU and NA servers
6) Doesn’t matter, with the megaserver system all players from all servers will end up in the same instance of a map (until it’s full and a new instance is created). You’ll see players from all other servers of your region in PvE maps.
7) It’ll cost gems, depending on the rating of the world you’re transferring to

For more info on worlds: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/World

Hey welcome to the game.

1) I’m gonna assume you mean sPvP on this one and unfortunately I don’t know the answer. There is an International Tournament coming up. Whoever wins that should answer your question.
2) I’ve played a bit on an NA server. Wasn’t too bad to be honest so you should be fine.
3) Nope. WvW is restricted to the servers in your region http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/World_versus_World
4) It will be in whatever you set your region to when you bought the game (so most likely euros)
5) There have been a few issues recently but they come from a third party and aren’t really to do with Anets servers.
6) Your choice really. In PvE it won’t really matter too much due to the megaserver system. In WvW Very High may mean slightly longer queues to get to the map you want.
7) You can only change for free if you have no characters on your account. Otherwise you will be charged the cost in gems to transfer to that server.

Hope this helps.

AdaephonDelat.3890:

Hey welcome to the game.

1) I’m gonna assume you mean sPvP on this one and unfortunately I don’t know the answer. There is an International Tournament coming up. Whoever wins that should answer your question.
2) I’ve played a bit on an NA server. Wasn’t too bad to be honest so you should be fine.
3) Nope. WvW is restricted to the servers in your region http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/World_versus_World
4) It will be in whatever you set your region to when you bought the game (so most likely euros)
5) There have been a few issues recently but they come from a third party and aren’t really to do with Anets servers.
6) Your choice really. In PvE it won’t really matter too much due to the megaserver system. In WvW Very High may mean slightly longer queues to get to the map you want.
7) You can only change for free if you have no characters on your account. Otherwise you will be charged the cost in gems to transfer to that server.

Hope this helps.

Lets say I have already chars, if I delete them, it will be free to change server?

Daniel.2301:

Lets say I have already chars, if I delete them, it will be free to change server?

Yup pretty much. Drop all the account bound items into your bank, delete characters, transfer and remake (or make new ones).

There are a few limitations of course. If you have a personal guild bank you will lose access to this and any items in it. You’re also only allowed to transfer once every 7 days.

This link should help you – http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/World#Transferring

Stiofan.6720:

I’m from the UK and since release I played on an NA server until about a month ago when I just got fed up with the lag (I was getting around 300 ping at times) and moved to an EU server, On the EU server my ping stays below 50 which is really good, No lag whatsoever, The only big difference between the NA and EU apart from lag is american’s tend to be slightly more chatty, To me it feels like NA players play gw2 more for the social experience first and the game itself second and EU players seem to be the opposite and tend to focus more on the game itself first and the social aspect second. But of course that’s not set in stone there are exceptions to this on both sides. This is just what I have noticed the most since switching to the EU server. A great thing I have seen on the european server are the music instrument performers who are really good and play for sometimes up to an hour with crowds gathered around, I very rarely seen things like that on the NA servers. Also dungeons groups on the NA server tend to be a bit more elitist and kick you if you are not very good. I’m yet to see that on the EU server. But overall people on both servers seem to be really nice.

Edit: Spelling

Thank you both, really!

Can anyone else tell me if they had problems with lags playing na from eu?

Unless you have a different school/work schedule compared to the average person, it’s likely that the EU servers will have more activity during the time you play compared to NA servers where people will get on later. When I play during NA afternoon (EU evening/night), there aren’t nearly as many people on compared to NA evening/night. I think that’s definitely something you want to keep in mind. Might as well pick EU server for more people and less lag.

If you happen to play very late at night, then NA will be a good choice.

Arcadio.6875:

Unless you have a different school/work schedule compared to the average person, it’s likely that the EU servers will have more activity during the time you play compared to NA servers where people will get on later. When I play during NA afternoon (EU evening/night), there aren’t nearly as many people on compared to NA evening/night. I think that’s definitely something you want to keep in mind. Might as well pick EU server for more people and less lag.

If you happen to play very late at night, then NA will be a good choice.

Actually you’re right.
Thanks man! I guess I’ll go for the eu.