Guild Wars 2

The Problem:
I’ve noticed a large number of complaints in regards to the fact server population is based upon the number of accounts tied to the server in question, not the actual number of players currently on the server at any given time.

While this makes sense for Guild Wars 2 in that your whole account is bound to one particular server, unlike certain other MMOs where you can have characters on multiple servers, it can lead to issues in that while a server may come up as having ‘Very High’ or ‘Full’ population, there is a chance it will actually have very few active players on it.

The Solution:
The idea is simple, any accounts that have not been played on in a while (one or two months for example) would be automatically transferred to an inactivity server. This server would not come up in the worlds list and would not be available for playing on, it would merely house inactive accounts.

When the owners of said inactive accounts return to Guild Wars 2, they would be forced to select a home server to play on, whereupon they are once again able to play on their existing characters.

This system would have several merits in my opinion, namely:
1. It would prevent servers from being clogged up by inactive accounts and thus allow active players to see more accurate server populations.
2. Players who are inactive for a while will still be able to pick up Guild Wars 2 and play it again whenever they like, as their characters/progress would not be lost.
3. The time frame for an account to be classified as inactive would be quite long, thus people would not be able to abuse the system to get constant free server transfers.

Thank you to all who spared the time to read through my suggestion, any feedback and/or support would be much appreciated.

i was under the impression that server capacity was based on the number of players online? i seem to recall reading several times about servers more likely to not be full at off-peak hours; although havent been interested in transferring so havent checked

Linguistically Inept.6583:

i was under the impression that server capacity was based on the number of players online? i seem to recall reading several times about servers more likely to not be full at off-peak hours; although havent been interested in transferring so havent checked

Don’t have any links on me right now, but I recall several members of ANet stating that it is tied to the number of accounts linked to the server rather than the amount of people online.