Guild Wars 2

I did not play gw1 so please realize I’m a total noob:

First I can’t seem to get into a WvW game very often I assume it’s because my server is packed and everyone is playing it. What is the limit for player numbers? should I consider moving servers or are they all having long WvW times? I’m also in the overflow maps a lot… does that prevent me from getting into WvW

Is it possible to que up for WvW while fighting in spvp? The only time I got a WvW pop is when I was pve’ing and not in an overflow. I was hoping I could fight in spvp and move to WvW when there is room but I never get a pop.

Second are the queue-able maps totally separate maps or are they sections of the same big map? When I get into a game I seem to be confined to the same quadrant and can’t get to the rest of the map. Am I just missing the “tunnels” or “bridges” that get me from one section to the other?

Try queuing for a map other than the Eternal Battlegrounds. I usually get in pretty quickly when doing that.

The WvW map is made up of 4 instances. Three “borderlands” and the “Eternal Battlegrounds” in the center. You cannot travel between them aside from queuing up.

I’m not sure if you can queue W3 from SPvP.

Edit: The easiest way to get in to WvW from an Overflow is to open your Hero Panel (H), and go to your PvP icon, and Go to the Mists. This automatically pulls you out of overflow, and puts you on your correct server. From there you can open your WvW panel (B), and click the dropdown menu at the very top of the screen to queue for the different maps.

There are definitely some servers that have much lighter queues than others. A recent example was on Northern Shiverpeaks where a large Alliance was unable to queue in WvW for an entire night, and caused them to leave that server, for a lower population server altogether.

I am on Sanctum of Rall, and we have very light to moderate queues on any given night, especially during prime time for Australia, where we could really use some help.

I’ve heard that Borliss Pass, Anvil Rock, Devona’s Rest and Kaineng are all very light to no WvW queue’s at the moment, but be aware that this also means there might not be a lot of focus on WvW either.

Spartyr.6795:

The WvW map is made up of 4 instances. Three “borderlands” and the “Eternal Battlegrounds” in the center. You cannot travel between them aside from queuing up.

I’m not sure if you can queue W3 from SPvP.

Edit: The easiest way to get in to WvW from an Overflow is to open your Hero Panel (H), and go to your PvP icon, and Go to the Mists. This automatically pulls you out of overflow, and puts you on your correct server. From there you can open your WvW panel (B), and click the dropdown menu at the very top of the screen to queue for the different maps.

There are definitely some servers that have much lighter queues than others. A recent example was on Northern Shiverpeaks where a large Alliance was unable to queue in WvW for an entire night, and caused them to leave that server, for a lower population server altogether.

I am on Sanctum of Rall, and we have very light to moderate queues on any given night, especially during prime time for Australia, where we could really use some help.

I’ve heard that Borliss Pass, Anvil Rock, Devona’s Rest and Kaineng are all very light to no WvW queue’s at the moment, but be aware that this also means there might not be a lot of focus on WvW either.

very helpful ty…

You just doomed all those low pop servers Spytar :P
Incoming flood of WvWers