I originally began the game on ET and had quite a bit of fun with WvW. This may upset some people, but for those seeking another opinion, I’ll share. ET has a lot of potential and it shows, seeing as it used to be in T1. However, there is indeed a reason why it is at the bottom now. Being the small server that it currently is, what goes around comes around and most people know eachother (at least in WvW.) That being said, ET often times has immense amounts of drama being tossed around in different directions on the battlefield. [DI], a guild that kept ET in a safe place for many months, recently left due to needing a bigger challenge. While that was a big reason for them leaving, it was not the sole reason. I became close with a few top-[DI] members and I was told that some of the TeamSpeak admins were toxic players. I will not name names, but I have made an effort to listen to these admins carefully and can honestly say I agree with [DI]. Two of them in-particular are known to yell and harass other players over small things, and have a generally bi-polar attitude on the battlefield. This decreases moral on the battlefield and makes people less inclined to try for ET. Shortly after [DI] left, the server blob guild [AKD] left as well. I have not talked to [AKD] about why they left, but I get the feeling it’s more or less the same reason [DI] left. I could be wrong, but it seems like having the pressure of being the ‘only guild that keeps the server alive in WvW’ is a position that not many people want to be in because the admins often take all of their anger out on said guild. Any [DI] member who came from ET can vouch on that.
Aside from abusive admins, there is also the issue of carelessness. ET has many players that, from what I have seen, observed, and been told, do not want nor care to get better at the game. I’m all for fun in WvW, it is just a game after all, but I know of at least three guilds that do WvW just for taking a few towers and calling it a night. These guilds, which I have run alongside, have been successful tower claimers.. but have been utterly slaughtered by groups that are half their size. ET has begun to realize this though and is offering many different types of training sessions in WvW, and I applaud them for that. Communication is also something I want to shout out to ET for, their ‘commander chat’ on TeamSpeak is a great way to communicate to other people in different maps.
Finally, the issue of being too small is ever present but is being remedied here on this forum post and I’m glad to see it. Over all, ET could shine brightly, but is bogged down by drama and toxic admins. I no longer play GW2 so these admins could have had a change of heart since I left, but due to the nature of their personalities as I’ve witnessed thus far, I doubt it highly. One thing I can say though is this; if you don’t mind those problems, ET will serve you as a really fun server to play on and you will make tons of friends because most of the community is extremely friendly.