Guild Wars 2

Why are the new BLs empty?

First of all remember HoT was released. Lot’s of people exploring that now.
Second, Guild Halls, people wanting to claim the one they want
Third, Halloween Event, people farming that.

So when you have so many players running about there, WvW is severely going to be affected as people do those.

It’s just really really bad timing to release a new WvW map!

There’ve been many PvE events before, and they never turned the WvW borders into a desolate wasteland. Sure, it may be part of it, but I think the fact that we only have one WvW map left – EB – is a factor, especially since many don’t particularly care for EB either.