Guild Wars 2

I’ve spent the last week transferring between servers looking for decent WvW queue times. While most servers maintain the standard 4-5 hour queue, a few are between 30 minutes to an hour (maybe 2 hours for eternal).

However, they all seem to have their downsides. The short queue servers i’ve found have been unofficial oceanic, or are home to large Korean guilds, for example. I thought this would be great because of the low US player population during US peak hours (meaning short queues), but these servers are always losing really REALLY bad during hours when I play (but do better when i’m sleeping). It is so bad that WvW feels empty. I’ve played WvW for days on several low/medium population servers and honestly gave it my all, but can’t take it anymore. The larger population servers always have way more players on the battlefield. ArenaNet may claim the teams are even, but from what i’ve observed that’s clearly not the case.

A WvW battlefield where all 3 servers are high population it is very fun. I want that, just without waiting 5 hours.

Any suggestions? I’ve only tried about 1/2 the servers so recommendations are appreciated.

I think there is no queue on several of the lowest population servers, like Kaineng. No wonder there are so few players in WvW on those servers. Players who love to play WvW most likely have transferred to the winning servers. So you have to find a balance between short queues and decent WvW play experiences.

forever.6908:

I think there is no queue on several of the lowest population servers, like Kaineng. No wonder there are so few players in WvW on those servers. Players who love to play WvW most likely have transferred to the winning servers. So you have to find a balance between short queues and decent WvW play experiences.

The people i’ve talked to who’ve been on low/medium population since launch have all shared one complaint. Population inbalance in WvW. High population versus high population versus medium population = medium population always loses, badly. That was their reason to switch to a high population server – because it makes WvW fun.

God I wish there was just one giant WvW queue that combined ever single server when you queue up solo. I could care less which server I represent.