Guild Wars 2

Or maybe a discount price? ‘cause I never played WvW but looking at what they are doing in HOT I really want to start WvWing. Thing is, I am on a almost dead WvW server (that’s what they tell me) and I don’t feel like buying the expansion AND enough gems to transfer.

hate to break it to ya but probably not. Character slot I’d say is the max we’ll get complimentary

Your guess is as good as anybody’s as they haven’t said one way or another. Personally I’m going to guess that there will not because technically the server you’re on doesn’t prevent you from experiencing all of the HoT content and they want to see server population in WvW increase.

i think ANet is starting to shy away from free server transfers because those things throw WvW out of balance like nothing else and make the experience unfun for everyone (both the now-dead servers and the stacked servers where half the people can’t play because of queues)

your server might pick up when the expansion releases because more people like you (people who want to try out the new map) join in. I wouldnt count them out just yet. Out of curiosity, what server are you on?

They might, they might not. I imagine and prefer not, though. All that will do is just make a mad rush to flood the ‘top teir’ servers. The game needs more players spread out across all the servers, not just the ‘top tiers’. I hear that some of the low tier servers have a really small population, so their W3 isn’t as fun for them. General PvE isn’t a problem thanks to the megaserser system, but W3 can seriously suffer because of the population issues.

The idea of giving people free server transfers so they can leave dead servers is a flawed concept that would only make a bad situation (low population server) worse (lower population server).

The issue of WvW population balance (and imbalance) is something they will eventually have to address, but the solution will more likely be centered around either spreading populations out, combining lower populations together or (and this is my hope), a more creative solution that is both time proof and works to provide every player the same opportunity to experience different aspects of WvW (and there have been very creative solutions discussed in other threads that do exactly that).