Server transfers and Guild influence.
Just checked my 150 slot guild bank on the new server and all of my stuff is gone. Sigh. Have to wait a week to go back to my original server I guess. Very, very disappointed.
Unfortunately, this feature is working as intended. It’s not clear to me why influence accrues on a per-server basis, but ANet devs confirmed this is the current design.
There are some in-game clues and the wiki has these details. At the same time, I agree with you that you should be warned explicitly before moving that you won’t have access to the improvements you made on the old server.
BTW: none of your stuff is gone. It’s on the old server. There’s also a work-around for getting your stuff to your new server: give a friend on the old server permissions to access the shared bank and have them mail you the stuff. A pain and annoying, to be sure, but perhaps easier than waiting a week to move to grab your loot and waiting another week to move back.
I’ve suggested that guild be allowed to pay to move their improvements, but it didn’t get much support.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/suggestions/Move-Guild-Upgrades-to-New-World/first#post1150981
Thanks for the info. Guess I’ll check mmorpg.com for the first time in months and see what’s coming down the road!