Guild Wars 2

I transferred to Eredon Terrace on the 13th for an unbugged Temple of Balthazar. This was to obtain the remaining shards necessary to finish Sunrise. After successfully completing the event on the 14th, I made the greatsword and prepared to return home to Jade Quarry (My home server since launch).

When the 24 hour wait expired, I tried to return to Jade Quarry, but it was locked due to “Full” status. Since then I’ve been checking the server list multiple times per day, and it has never once dipped below “Full.” I confirmed with my guild, and it does appear that there are a huge number of transfers to Jade Quarry this week, probably due to taking the #1 WvW spot last week. The same thing appears to be happening to Isle of Janthir, which is dominating 4-6 this week.

I tried to submit a ticket, but ANet will not transfer anyone to servers showing “Full.” I guess I don’t understand the WvW bandwagon thing. Why flock en masse to a server that is dominating? We’ve had some weeks recently where at times, we have owned every single contestable point in all maps. That’s not fun pvp.

If paid server transfers were activated, a lot of this flip-flopping would stop. Either that or give incentives to join less dominant servers. Until then, I’ll keep checking Jade Quarry server status at all hours of the day, so I can eventually return home.

Sounds, unfortunately, like a personal problem. You took advantage of free server switching — on what was already a full server, I assume — for whatever reason, and now you are unable to return to your original server. That is on you.

We will see the end of free server transfers when the guesting feature is implemented. Until then, you’ll have to be more careful about transferring away from your preferred server, especially if it’s full.

It absolutely affects me personally. It also affects absolutely blown-away one-sided WvW matches.

The whole server gets bonuses for the accomplishments of the WvW teams, as far as I’m aware, so that might be why they’re all jumping around.

As for getting paid transfers working, well, right now they’re probably working on it, if they’re not all devoting their time to the Halloween event. It’s just something they haven’t been able to get working yet.