Guild Wars 2

Having exactly the same issue described here. Having this since yesterday (saturday 19th) and i’m from Europe (Netherlands).
Any news? Or has anyone found a way around this problem perhaps?

Also, if you find the area’s you play in are a bit empty, it might be because you’re on a lower populated server? You can check this at World Selection on your character selection screen. Here you also can choose another serever to be your home world, or try out a ‘high’ or ‘very high’ populated server as guest, so you can (temporarily) play there and see if it makes any difference for you.
The game being a few years old shouldn’t really be a reason for the maps feeling empty… One of the wonderfull aspects of this game is (i really think this is very clever ) your character will be downscaled to the lvl of the area you’re in.. so higher lvl characters can be playing anywhere. And often they are, as there are many reasons for them to revisit area’s they ‘lvled through’: for map completion, events, or just plain fun

And sorry if i’m telling you things you already knew here… just thought i’d mention it in case you had not realised this yet (being a new player and all )