Guild Wars 2

Hi.

Just returned after a long hiatus. Looks like old Hot Join is gone and whatever I do I end up joining a match as a spectator.

What happened to jump in and play not spam refresh and hope to get in before someone else?

No matter what the amount of players are I end up as spectator. I have to wait until the current match ends to join as a participant? In that case wtf? Who has time and is willing to watch mindless hordes in hot join random chaos for 14 minutes…

Sort the list of servers by number of people and look for a server with 12-15 people in it for 8v8 or 7-9 people for 5v5. Usually works for me.

“play now” usually sends you in a match where you can join normally.
If you click on the server manually there are high chances that you will end up as a spectator.