Guild Wars 2

So this is obviously a constant issue which is very unfair and probably considered cheating in a way, I guess?

Now, anyone can make a free account on any server, even when a server is full they can just wait till there is a spot (Not really sure how it works on changing to full as I have only changed once), and play until they reach the level to unlock WvW on a Free account and enjoy the game.

Issue is, if my server is vs’ing another server, anyone on the opposing team can make a free account and join our server, get to whatever level, get into WvW and just trigger our Emergency Waypoints for example, this actually happened over the weekend just a day after reset.

I noticed someone just logged in (He just appeared) and I saw him activate our Emergency Waypoint in our keep as it was getting attacked when none of our commanders were there as we were trying to defend our Home Border (this whas our night crew btw), So I got really annoyed and whispered him and no reply, he immediately logged off not even one minute upon using our Emergency Waypoint, I know this because I added him as a friend.

He did this 3 times from what I saw, all 3 times were when our keep was about to get under attack over the weekend.

*I have checked everyday since, he hasn’t been online since when I checked. We haven’t lost our keep ever since the weekend too as none of the servers have bothered attacking.

I’m sure many servers are having this issue.

**I understand even if it wasn’t him, but this is easily accessible and available for people to exploit in the future and take advantage in WvW.

this has been a problem since the 9.99 accounts. one fix to limit this is no wvw for free accounts (or very limited – x hours to try it). there will still be spies and trolls, but not nearly as many.

It’s been going on for years, even in GW1.

I played Travian for awhile (real time war game) a few years ago (before they changed it) while waiting for GW2 to come out. It was not unheard of for guilds to have people make a throw away account just to get in the enemies section of map to report on them. It was not unheard of spy’s on all sides to be put into action. Honestly that is what you do in a war situation. Not sure why this a surprise to some on here.

I couldn’t care about spys or trolls. I’m talking about the activators, mainly the Emergency Waypoint. As it is needed to defend our keeps and such.

make them private not public use. the guild can switch to public from afar when they are needed.