Guild Wars 2

From the looks of things this week its pretty kitten obvious now that JQ has 2-3 times more wvw population that SOR/BG, guessing thats all the bandwaggon guilds and players that get into the server due to not having a population cap anymore. Gotta love those 1800gems transfers right? Anet fillin up their pockets while the supposedly ‘top wvw tier’ just goes to kitten. How is it in other tiers? Is there even a point to rankings anymore? I mean, why build a competitive system if you willingly let it become unbalanced for the sake of profits (lol)? WvW is supposed to be the highlight of gw2 and now… such dissapointment.

Oh wells i guess i just do like the 100000000000 zerglings and just transfer to JQ hahaha so i can be a winner too

Im on Piken EU and we are a low populated realm fighting in Teir 3 aganst 2 realms with the highest category of population. We are definitely punching high above our weight but we can see the flaws in WvW game design.

WvW has become Realm population vs Realm population. We are beaten by numbers and not skill… and that sucks

hitfromtheboing.8361:

…guessing thats all the bandwaggon guilds and players that get into the server due to not having a population cap anymore.

What gave you the impression that population caps on WvW maps was removed?

GrandmaFunk.3052:

hitfromtheboing.8361:

…guessing thats all the bandwaggon guilds and players that get into the server due to not having a population cap anymore.

What gave you the impression that population caps on WvW maps was removed?

He can see more now haha:D ….little sarcasme

1st tier problems. To be more specific, T1-4 problems.

T4 is where 24 hour coverage becomes a necessity and queues rarely exist at all outside of reset night below this mark.

T5-7 has nice mixes of zerg/gank/roam/solo. as soon as IOJ stabilizes I’d expect for things to turn out nicely for all three tiers. Been close fights as well. T7 has been very close the past 2 weeks and any tier that BP and AR shares is bound to be a close fight with fun battles. That being said: if you want to transfer a whole guild here, PLEASE DON’T. You will mess up the balance and throw us into a higher tier than any of us really want to be. Most of T5-7 is content where it is, and we dont need bandwagoners coming in and messing up our balances. A few here and there are fine, but once guilds start coming in and trying to be the next Kaineg it makes it no fun for anyone involved. No one wants to be in IOJ’s shoes and no one wants to deal with freefalling servers because it ruins matchups.

T1-4 will always have Pop problems as long as people propagate the notion that T1 is somehow “better” than the other tiers. Find the tier you want to be in first and then decide which server needs the manpower to stabilize the matchup. If your basing your decision on how many wins the server has, go to T1 or T8, where lopsided matches are par for the course.

Endemonadia.8593:

Im on Piken EU and we are a low populated realm fighting in Teir 3 aganst 2 realms with the highest category of population. We are definitely punching high above our weight but we can see the flaws in WvW game design.

WvW has become Realm population vs Realm population. We are beaten by numbers and not skill… and that sucks

Wow you’re QQing in every single post, amazing.
You do realise there is a difference between server pop and wvw pop, right?

It is my theory that if there were only 3 servers and they were 99.9% equal, such that the scores at the end of the week were something like 300k, 300k, 300k+1, people would be transferring to the winning server.

It is also my theory all those people are in tier 1 already and sounds like they’re on Jade Quarry today.

I don’t know what there’s to complain about, I think that’s just the way people are.

I don’t think JQ has more population than it already did, its just more people want to try WvW because it has Character progression. Its happening everywhere. As someone said in another thread, within a few weeks it will die down some and the numbers should stabilize.

I just moved off JQ for a T5 Server and find it awesome. I can honestly say I don’t give a kitten if we win or lose, I just want encounter good fights. So far BP, AR, and DR have provided that without the megazergs of T1.

GrandmaFunk.3052:

What gave you the impression that population caps on WvW maps was removed?

Its not the amount of ppl on wvw map at a single time, its the amount of players on server. Before Jan patch there was a maximum amount of habitants per server, now there is none, hence creating hyper stacked servers that have a much bigger pool of players to feed the wvw maps, increasing coverage and manpower etc etc basicly making it realm population based like this other fellow mentioned. And without server caps… ppl just keep rolling into the ‘winning’ servers. I’d be really happy to see actual population numbers just to show how bad its got lol, T1’s pretty screwed over now, dunno bout other tiers, but here its basicly 24/7 full JQ zergs on each map and SOR/BG struggling to cover as best they can. In the end Anet like most gaming companies only has eyes for profit and does not care about balanced competition one bit, once u buy the game and pay them who cares if you quit, and if u wanna switch server well fork over that 20$ or go farm for so long that u might as well just mastercard that kitten, right? Oh wait, free transfer to medium server? Quick lets go to these pve deserts realize it sucks and pay again to get back. I’m gonna stop complaining now and go play an actual fun game thx

Nak.8315:

I don’t think JQ has more population than it already did, its just more people want to try WvW because it has Character progression. Its happening everywhere. As someone said in another thread, within a few weeks it will die down some and the numbers should stabilize.

^This. There is still a population cap on all servers. Anet has said so, and on JQ at least there are queues for all Wv3 zones.

Folks that normally PvE, or who were taking taking a break, are trying out the new game dynamics. In a couple of weeks it will die down, and everything will get a bit less busy.

JQ’s domination this week is a by product of the skill lag, not a population issue.

SoR and BG both outnumber JQ during NA prime, in the past they would just roll through JQ’s T3 keeps with waypoints but now with the skill lag nobody kittening dies. It’s very easy for outmanned JQ to hold their keeps since it takes the 80 man zerg 5 minutes to kill one person and they can just waypoint back in every 3 minutes.

Midnightjade.3520:

There is still a population cap on all servers. Anet has said so, and on JQ at least there are queues for all Wv3 zones.

What Anet says =/= the truth. People always go to the biggest servers. If there was a population cap, then the most populated servers would show full at some point. They dont. I can transfer to JQ any time i want. There hasnt been a full server since the paid transfers were put in place, and why would there be? They charge 1800gems for a transfer to a high population server if they would cap they would deny themselves profit so they didnt. Also, JQ doesnt go outmanned lol, i have a hectic schedule and get to experience all time zones. Like you said, theres queues on every maps, why do u think that is? Barely any queues in other servers, except during really peak times and reset day. This particular week has the patch + JQ going mad over last week’s events, so you see SOR/BG losing in JQ’s ‘weak timezones’. That clearly shows just how overwhelming JQ’s population has become over its tier1 competitors.