Guild Wars 2

I was planning on deleting all my toons and transferring onto a higher population server. I want to be clever and transfer onto a server which is good in WvW, so somewhere like Seafarer’s Rest or Desolation EU.

My Question is: Is it worth transferring for better WvW opportunities (my server is at the very bottom of the list), and if anyone’s on the above mentioned servers.

It depends on what you look for. Summer is going to be quieter time in WvWvW also on top tiers. In other words the top servers are slacking as well. This may sound like bad news to some, but it actually allows many different types of playing from small scale, to massive 3 way fights (prime time) to player-vs-door (pvd). It also means there the lag is rarely any problem.

You won’t find any queues on Desolation outside few hours prime time. The usual queue on prime time to EB is 1-30 players, zero queue to any borderland. During morning the outnumbered buff can be on 3-4 out of the 4 maps, but it doesn’t mean you cannot take enemy keeps or towers at ease. Deso night crew is very strong, so at night enemy probably has the outnumbered buff. Just follow your friendly border hopping PuG commander or roam yourself. I do both types of playing + sometimes command the PuGs. I accept all levels and professions to my party. You can always ask questions or help. Good WvWvW is about co-operation and spending time with your friends, killing other players in even fights and getting lots of loot and trying the impossible (e.g. solo StoneMist castle alone in prime time).

I can imagine the maps are more less ghosts towns on the lowest tiers outside the few busy hours. Arenanet should combine some servers. 24 should be enough for EU, like it is enough in NA.

Deniara Devious.3948:

It depends on what you look for. Summer is going to be quieter time in WvWvW also on top tiers. In other words the top servers are slacking as well. This may sound like bad news to some, but it actually allows many different types of playing from small scale, to massive 3 way fights (prime time) to player-vs-door (pvd). It also means there the lag is rarely any problem.

You won’t find any queues on Desolation outside few hours prime time. The usual queue on prime time to EB is 1-30 players, zero queue to any borderland. During morning the outnumbered buff can be on 3-4 out of the 4 maps, but it doesn’t mean you cannot take enemy keeps or towers at ease. Deso night crew is very strong, so at night enemy probably has the outnumbered buff. Just follow your friendly border hopping PuG commander or roam yourself. I do both types of playing + sometimes command the PuGs. I accept all levels and professions to my party. You can always ask questions or help. Good WvWvW is about co-operation and spending time with your friends, killing other players in even fights and getting lots of loot and trying the impossible (e.g. solo StoneMist castle alone in prime time).

I can imagine the maps are more less ghosts towns on the lowest tiers outside the few busy hours. Arenanet should combine some servers. 24 should be enough for EU, like it is enough in NA.

Actually 24 is too much in NA now.

Thanks for your response Deviara!

Yes, you are quite right; WvW is dead on at this point, and even worse, the other servers are dominating. I think my server has been at the bottom of the list for ages.

I just want a proper guild, a guild I can go out and raid castles with :/

I’ll probably go onto Desolation soon, but first I’ll guest there for a while to get a feel of the atmosphere.

Honestly, SFR will be the strongest Server in the higher Tiers throughout the summer because they have a strong WvW community, once the Living World stuff starts Desolation might well be a ‘ghost town’ during those weeks the content is released.

I can’t say for most other servers, but apart from Prime Time I doubt there will be much activity as like during the Tournaments obviously.

Personally I would also consider Gandara (which isn’t so bad anymore I feel) and some of the Silver League Servers; if you want a friendly open community idk though.
No Server has complete 24 hour coverage in terms of high numbers of players ATM.

TwoSiders.6893:

I’ll probably go onto Desolation soon, but first I’ll guest there for a while to get a feel of the atmosphere.

There is no guesting on this game anymore. Unless you have a second account, delete all the characters on that account and then enter the game with a new character (I think this still allows to get into any server without gem transfers).

After the introduction of mega servers, there is no guesting on pve. All the servers can be on any pve map.

CrimsonNeonite.1048:

Honestly, SFR will be strongest Server in the higher Tiers throughout the summer because they have a strong WvW community, once the Living World stuff starts Desolation might well be a ‘ghost town’ during those weeks the content is released..

You might be right.

I personally have no interest towards the living story. And I am sure I am not the only one who feels like that on Desolation. So the hard core will stay and pve patches will minimal impact on their playing habits.

But certainly July will be pretty empty month. Many people go traveling abroad (myself included), spend time on the beach, nature etc.

SFR seems now most serious about WvWvW, but I am quite boredom will also hit them. WvWvW doesn’t compete with just Living Story 2 etc, but also against other games, like TESO, Wild Star and ArcheAge. I would not be surprised if some of the top guilds migrate to some other game soon.

Deleting all your characters DOES NOT give you a free transfer anymore. So I don’t recommend doing that unless you just want to start over.

Gandara is pretty good for WvW atm, provided they don’t do the same thing that Ruins of Surmia did in January and lose the vast majority of their people post season. Desolation and Seafarers Rest are both strong from my experience fighting them, you can’t go too far wrong with either.

The WvW populations and rankings are still settling atm, so it might be worth waiting to see how things pan out. Either way, I wish you the best of luck ^^

Laylie.5703:

Deleting all your characters DOES NOT give you a free transfer anymore. So I don’t recommend doing that unless you just want to start over.

I have an alt account, and when I delete the character I get a free transfer.

Deniara Devious.3948:

There is no guesting on this game anymore.

There is. Sure, guesting won’t let you check out a particular server’s Lion Arch scene. It is still necessary though for guild missions. Megaserver is/was bugged with crediting mission rewards to members on other servers.

Hello there, high tier WvW servers are all close to 24/7 coverage, there will be up and down due to the summertime, vacations and everything, but indeed if WvW is what you like on this game transfer to a tier one server is something worth your money, at last to try it

I would suggest you an international server like Deso or Gandara but personally if i was you i would join SFR for sure!

TwoSiders.6893:

I want to be clever and transfer onto a server which is good in WvW, so somewhere like Seafarer’s Rest or Desolation EU.

1) Moving to a tier one server is not clever.
2) Moving to a tier one server does not guarantee better WvW
3) Tier one servers are not guaranteed to be “good in WvW”
3) Enjoy WvW in your queues.
4) Enjoy WvW in your endless zerging.

If you want a sense of false achievement and bandwagoning, like being a Man U fan, then yes a T1 server is just for you!

Numbers and coverage wins WvW, not skill, tactics or strategy.