Guild Wars 2

So I recently jumped back into the game with the new update and transferred to the server my buds had moved to with the knowledge that I would need to wait a week before receiving pips.
Unfortunately, it turns out that I now have to wait what is basically 2 weeks to start getting pips because I need to be on the server for the full match length. And because I transferred the morning after the reset, the rest of this match is basically voided towards my timer to become a “citizen” of the server.
Is there a reason behind this? I don’t see why it can’t be a flat 7 days, especially considering the 140+ minimum gold investment for each transfer.

Gaige.7928:

Is there a reason behind this?

To stop people bandwagoning to higher populated servers just for rewards.

This was set out in the update schedule pretty clearly that you will not earn pips until you’ve spent an entire match on the new server.

It was said, yes, but there are quite a lot of people who transferred to a different servers to play with their friends immediately after the features were introduced but still can’t get the pips yet. In my opinion the announcement should have come far earlier so players could have had time transfer. At least I’m quite discouraged to play at all when i know I’m getting only fraction of the rewards other players get for just wanting to play with my friends.