The problem is we do not know which server has what wvw population at which time.
The solution is to simply put a number of players in game at real time to see how many we really have.
Knowing that, we’ll be able to calculate which server has which and will need what number of players and at which time.
A good system is to introduce a real time population restrictor based on the lowest number server in a match + 2 other servers and get the mean. Population cap per map in a time zone till lower pop server has 25% increase or in que w/c means – change in population cap again for a map. At least something like that.
And an in game ghost mode for those in queue to chat and be spectators. Or at least have that option.
To all the people suggesting that transferring to servers with higher populations should cost more from a WvW perspective, that isn’t entirely fair. Sure, BG, JQ, and SoR are all ‘very high’ pop. servers, but so is CD, DH, Anvil Rock, IoJ, GoM, NSP, and SF.
Pricing should be based around the WvW ranking. PvE population doesn’t matter because people just guest for PvE. WvW is the only reason people mass transfer.
Well for starters anet have messed with nothing the players themselves and alone in blame have caused this problem not anet. Anet is a bussiness with shareholders and why should those shareholders miss out on a profit to fix misbalance caused by fairweathers buying wins.and flooding a top tiers cause they are to weak and there game suffers so bad they buy thier way into a win. NO NO NO anet are the 1’s expected to pay coders to fix this problem caused by YOU the players. Map caps WILL happen in time and those fairweathers will have a 2-3 hr que to put up with then anet get to profit from the mass exodius back to a no que server. Never under any circumstances should anet miss out on profit considering YOU the players have sat your own FAILURES unfairly apon thier shoulders. Stop conplaining about anet you pathetic nabs and buff your stamina IRL and L2P GW2 WvW the way anet intended it to be played then you wont have skill lag and you wont have tier misbalance. Anet have EVERY right to profit from something THEY have to fix because fairweathers f’ed it up the buttcrack then stand in LA bragging how staunch they are. While YOU the players are still excepting fairwather transfers into your guilds with open arms and YOU the players are STILL encouraging server migration of fairweather guilds n players you have NO leg to stand on with your moaning and f’ing groaning at anet. YOU THE PLAYERS DID THIS AND QUOTE ME MOFOS YOU THE PLAYERS WILL PAY FOR THE FIX. btw theres no fairweathers in my f’ing guild and there never will be grow up stop being kitten and L2P GW2 WvW properly. Cry baby care bears fairweather stooges stop crying to anet and f off back to runescape asap
I agree with free transfers limited to once a month, to anywhere you want. I have been trying to transfer to a lower tier server for months, but im not paying $30 or my hard earned gold for a minor change.
With the exception of the top 3 servers and the free transfers there to make ‘WvW-teh-awesome!!’… I don’t see any reason to believe that population doesn’t generally correspond to WvW participation on a server.
With the exception of the top 3 servers and the free transfers there to make ‘WvW-teh-awesome!!’… I don’t see any reason to believe that population doesn’t generally correspond to WvW participation on a server.
Have any evidence?
Just take a look at the server list at the log in screen and match it up with rankings.
In North America, probably among the more extreme examples is Ehmry Bay is one of the smaller servers while Gate of Madness is one of the larger ones but we’re 10+ ranks below Ehmry Bay.
If I had to start offer a theory as to how that can be because I don’t wanna get back to work, I’d say that it has to do with that the PvE population is most of the server population. When many WvW players leave, the ranking suffers but the server population doesn’t.
Assuming each server has the same % of players who WvW made sense when the game came out. Since then the WvW players haven’t moved around randomly, they instead have moved around as a result of incentives that give rewards for playing in higher tiers. PvE players don’t move.
With the exception of the top 3 servers and the free transfers there to make ‘WvW-teh-awesome!!’… I don’t see any reason to believe that population doesn’t generally correspond to WvW participation on a server.
Have any evidence?
Is that you Devon ?
If you really believe this no amount of proof will change your mind, its pretty aparent to most people that Server population has very little to do with WvW participation/Population. Those of use that have spent a large amount of our time on low ranked server’s that are considered Very High realize what having outnumbered 75% of the time means.
But again, with a comment like yours, no amount of proof would help you to dislodge your head.
For this to do what they want…they’re looking at the wrong population. For Darkhaven, you’ll see at most times we’re very high however our WvW population would speak the contrary.
Our server, or any server with a low WvW yet a very high PvE population, will not benefit from this at all. Unfortunately, there’s no way Anet would allow us to see that.
Darkhaven has a low PvE population also. Again, there is a correlation. Not perfect but it is there.
1. There is a correlation between WvW activity and total server population.
2. Total population doesn’t actually matter that much for PvEers. With guesting, they are not held hostage to a single server. With overflow, they will never see a queue nor be put in a ridiculously overloaded zone.
Total population has a MUCH bigger impact on a WvWer’s experience than it does for PvE.
WvW rank is related to population but not general server population.
Depending on when a server got fuller determines its rank, if you started off lower and had transfers you will have a higher rank than a server that started off high and never got new blood.
. btw theres no fairweathers in my f’ing guild and there never will be grow up stop being kitten and L2P GW2 WvW properly. Cry baby care bears fairweather stooges stop crying to anet and f off back to runescape asap