Guild Wars 2

Is anyone else having the problem of often getting into games that only have a handful of players? When viewing the game browser I see dozens of games full or nearly full of players but I rarely seem get into one of these games. Whether I choose a game that shows 1x/16 players or click Play now doesn’t really have an effect, I more often than not end up in a game that has a total of 4-5 players.

I know I can just leave the game myself as well but in a way that seems stupid. And it’s still inconvenient to have to search for a game that has more than 10 players. If I just stay in a game the matchmaking system should bring more players in. Right? Unfortunately in a game where there are only 3-5 players total more players join slowly one at a time so that they leave before more players have joined.

I wonder if the developers are aware of the problem and if they are planning to do something about it in the near future? Perhaps the matchmaking system could combine whole games that have low amount of players even if the games are still going? Players would keep their gained glory of course but team scores would have to be reset.

In the match browser, disable the option to see full servers and disable to option to see empty servers.
Sort in order of players, and join a game with either 14/16 or 15/16…

I have never had a problem with empty games. Sure the server might die after a while, but to be honest I normally find myself getting bored of constant pvp long before that happens. Just leave and join another full one.