Guild Wars 2

Does this still zero out the guild influence or has this been fixed?

It’s hard to fix something that isn’t broken.

This is intentional, it is designed to encourage people to stay on the same server and not bounce from one to the next with no consequences.

You don’t transfer guilds. Your guild exists on every server, and has a separate influence pool (and set of upgrades) on each.

@YSBT
Well considering that it was listed in the support center as an issue during the initial weeks following the game release it was a problem at one point and is a problem for very small guilds (who work hard for what little influence we get) looking for a new home. While you may think all server transfers are people exploiting WvW or some other feature of the game it isn’t the case. There are other mechanisms set in place to combat server hopping such as the new cap (1 transfer per week), which don’t punish small guilds, but thanks anyway…

@Max
While this makes sense it is still frustrating for a small guild that faces losing everything.

Tyr.2489:

@Max
While this makes sense it is still frustrating for a small guild that faces losing everything.

Oh yeah, I certainly won’t debate that. One of the guilds I belong to is in the exact same boat, and that was the first thing that came up when we started talking about moving servers. Especially when some of our members used their one-time influence boosters from the deluxe edition to help us get started — we won’t be able to do that again on the new server. But, to take the “glass half full” view on it — at least we don’t have that much influence to lose in the first place.

P.S. Make sure you empty out the guild vault before you move. You won’t actually lose anything, but if everyone transfers then your items will be “stuck” on your old server until someone transfers back to get them, then transfers again to your new server (which could be up to a 2 weeks ordeal now that transfers are on a 7-day cooldown). So make sure your asuran mover golems check all the closets before you move out of the house!