Guild Wars 2

I’m a player returning to GW2 after a break of several months. I have a friend who would like to try the game out.

What worries me, is that the server I play on, Piken Square, is listed as “full”. Does it mean that he wouldn’t be able to join me on that server and would need to pick another one? And if he does pick another server, will we be in different instances and unable to see each other?

From what I’ve read on the official wiki, “full” simply means that it can’t accept any more players in WvW, which we are not planning to engage in in the near future anyway. Does this mean he’ll still be able to join my server for PvE purposes (and maybe some occasional structured PvP)? Or will I need to use the guesting feature, to guest on the one he picks?

If I will need to use the guesting feature, please remind me what the restrictions are – the wiki isn’t very clear on that.

Thanks in advance.

“full” means that there are a certain number of people playing WvW. “full” also means that no one else can join it, even if they don’t want to play WvW.

your friend can still join another EU server and still be able to play with you in any of the PVE maps and instances, just not WvW. PVE maps work on the megaserver system, which means as long as you are on a server in the same region, you can be loaded into the same map, and can join friends in the map.

All PvE maps are shared between all servers in a region. As long as he picks another European server he will be able to play with you anywhere outside of WvW.

If you add each other to your in-game friends list there is a high probability you will always be put into the same copy of the map automatically, but if not you can meet up by following these steps:

1) Verify that you are in the same location in the game world. If one of you is in the Black Citadel and the other is in Plains of Ashford this won’t work.
2) Form a part by right-clicking the other person’s name in chat or in your friends list and selecting “Invite to Party”.
3) One person needs to right-click the other person’s portrait in the party menu and select “Join in [map name]”.

That will move you to their copy of the map, and then you should be able to see each other in the game world and play together.

Thanks to both of you for the replies!