Guild Wars 2

Amok Threeohthree.8501:

Some people talk about “their” servers like the kittens talked about their “Vaterland” lol

Now, I would like to see something similar: No chest from world bosses if you’re guesting…period.

I get your point and I don’t entirely disagree, but you would also punish people who just want to play with their friends and kill a world boss on their way… just not fair either

If it’s that big of a deal to them to kill the world boss with their friends, they should then think about transferring to that server because that essentially means they have no one on their current server to do it with.

Nokaru.7831:

DarcShriek.5829:

I’m on SoR, and guess what every time I do Teq I’m on the overflow. Even if you didn’t have guests, there’s a good chance you’d still be in overflow. Stop crying about guests and be a good host.

Here’s a story:

Today BG was fighting Tequatl about an hour before the reset on the BG’s main Sparkfly Fen map. Many were there helping repeat the kill for those that needed it for the day.

The problem came with the the patch that was pushed mid-attempt. You see, there are many players actively trying to Guest onto BG so when they saw this patch they immediately snagged it and joined the “new” BG Sparkfly Fen map, shutting out 100+ BG players who were helping kill Tequatl at that moment.

Tequatl spawned shortly thereafter and no Commander was willing to help or use any strategy. This would not have even been so bad, but the players who guested were also very rude, especially the Commanders. One Commander from Darkhaven was very abrasive and telling everyone they were terrible for no reason.

At the time being, guesting is broken. People are guesting to successful servers like Blackgate to beat him, while servers like Blackgate are guesting to other servers to avoid these guest-ers, and there are even some who try to buy their way into a server map.

Attachment from the lfg site we have all used over the past year…

KeyLee.4605:

There were like 10+ people from our guild (FSAE) when BG guested to our server. Even our Guildies that were in overflow got in just fine joining through party. I don’t see there being an issue with guesting as it didn’t keep anyone from ET that wanted to get in from getting in. Use your guildies or friends from party to join that way. I think it was a good thing they came because it’s a learning lesson of strategy and great commanding on a small server. Thanks BG.

Maybe it isn’t affecting your lower-population servers, but a server that is high-population AND successfully took him down now has probably thousands of players guesting to Blackgate…making myself, a member of Blackgate, disappointed and frustrated because I can’t even play with my own community. At the time being, guesting is broken.

Amok Threeohthree.8501:

Not sure why this is still beeing discussed, they won’t remove guesting for several reasons and you all know it…

maybe there will be restrictions one day, but probably not

I only want it removed for world bosses…and it was a huge problem before and they fixed it. When bosses could be farmed multiple times per day, they changed it so that you only get your chest on a daily basis, making it essentially pointless for you to guest for world bosses.

Now, I would like to see something similar: No chest from world bosses if you’re guesting…period.

Xcom.1926:

The Eternal Grace.3157:

Xcom.1926:

The Eternal Grace.3157:

Xcom.1926:

Mimir.4690:

Xcom.1926:

The Eternal Grace.3157:

Mimir.4690:

They shouldn’t get rid of guesting.

Instead, they should make the world boss rewards unavailable to anybody guesting. Then, they need to scale world bosses so that lower-pop servers can do it without complaining about being a lower-pop server.

100% support. World boss rewards if you’re on your server only….the guesting feature was designed so that people can play with friends from other servers…this is just taking advantage of it. As someone mentioned earlier, the low population wouldn’t even be much of a problem if guesting was removed (or at least restricted) because the people who would be guesting would now actually be playing on their server, unless they really wanted to play with a friend.

How thoughtful of you. You do realize without guesting many low population servers will never be able to get this done, don’t you?

And if ANet scaled the events based on the population, your problem wouldn’t be numbers but rather lack of organization. I could be wrong, but I actually do think they scale the world bosses…

But the problem is more than that. Lower populated servers have lower number of organized guilds. Lower number of organized guilds means doing it with total pugs. And that doesn’t turn out too well.

Like I said, if it’s that big of a problem, transfer. Anet made it simple…either in game gold, or your actual money. Simple as that. If it is a big deal to you, it’s worth the gold/money.

So pretty much everyone on severs like ET should transfer out? What happens to that server, should they close it?

We actually got the event down thanks to Blackgate. Before they showed up we had about 30-40 people for the event, and that is all we had. There is no way we could have done it with 30-40 people, period.

That’s likely because at least 40-50+ people from your server were guesting and taking up spaces in servers like Blackgate. If they take away this option…there you go. You have your players back…and what…? You actually have to work together as a server…? Yes….yes, you do.

If guesting was removed, I guarantee you half the servers wouldn’t have this boss down. So you know what let them remove it, and we can see the tears roll in.

Keep in mind I only want it removed for world bosses…because this is ridiculous.

Also, if each server has the players (technically 80+) and provide organization, commanders, etc., and practice, it could happen. If not, then Anet needs to look into some scaling options, low population server combinations, or people need to look at transferring.

That’s awesome.

Xcom.1926:

The Eternal Grace.3157:

Xcom.1926:

Mimir.4690:

Xcom.1926:

The Eternal Grace.3157:

Mimir.4690:

They shouldn’t get rid of guesting.

Instead, they should make the world boss rewards unavailable to anybody guesting. Then, they need to scale world bosses so that lower-pop servers can do it without complaining about being a lower-pop server.

100% support. World boss rewards if you’re on your server only….the guesting feature was designed so that people can play with friends from other servers…this is just taking advantage of it. As someone mentioned earlier, the low population wouldn’t even be much of a problem if guesting was removed (or at least restricted) because the people who would be guesting would now actually be playing on their server, unless they really wanted to play with a friend.

How thoughtful of you. You do realize without guesting many low population servers will never be able to get this done, don’t you?

And if ANet scaled the events based on the population, your problem wouldn’t be numbers but rather lack of organization. I could be wrong, but I actually do think they scale the world bosses…

But the problem is more than that. Lower populated servers have lower number of organized guilds. Lower number of organized guilds means doing it with total pugs. And that doesn’t turn out too well.

Like I said, if it’s that big of a problem, transfer. Anet made it simple…either in game gold, or your actual money. Simple as that. If it is a big deal to you, it’s worth the gold/money.

So pretty much everyone on severs like ET should transfer out? What happens to that server, should they close it?

We actually got the event down thanks to Blackgate. Before they showed up we had about 30-40 people for the event, and that is all we had. There is no way we could have done it with 30-40 people, period.

That’s likely because at least 40-50+ people from your server were guesting and taking up spaces in servers like Blackgate. If they take away this option…there you go. You have your players back…and what…? You actually have to work together as a server…? Yes….yes, you do.

Xcom.1926:

The Eternal Grace.3157:

Xcom.1926:

The Eternal Grace.3157:

Mimir.4690:

They shouldn’t get rid of guesting.

Instead, they should make the world boss rewards unavailable to anybody guesting. Then, they need to scale world bosses so that lower-pop servers can do it without complaining about being a lower-pop server.

100% support. World boss rewards if you’re on your server only….the guesting feature was designed so that people can play with friends from other servers…this is just taking advantage of it. As someone mentioned earlier, the low population wouldn’t even be much of a problem if guesting was removed (or at least restricted) because the people who would be guesting would now actually be playing on their server, unless they really wanted to play with a friend.

How thoughtful of you. You do realize without guesting many low population servers will never be able to get this done, don’t you?

If there wasn’t guesting, low population servers’ players would actually have to work together to bring him down. Organize and work with each other…it’s not like you are so low that you can’t get 80-100 people for an event. If for some reason this was impossible, then if it they cared enough they’d transfer. Either way, problem solved.

What server are you on?

Edit: Nevermind I see you are on Blackgate. To me people on the highest populated servers shouldn’t be giving advice and telling people how things should be done. You have it easy.

Like I said, if it’s that big of a problem, transfer. Anet made it simple…either in game gold, or your actual money. Simple as that. If it is a big deal to you, it’s worth the gold/money.

Edit: Fixed quote.

Overflow and guesting are the two biggest problems as far as I see. I can’t get into my own server (Blackgate) because, since we were the first ones to beat him, everyone tries to rush there, creating hours upon hours of waiting to try to actually get into MY OWN SERVER. Very frustrating.

Something needs to be done about this…I’m suggesting that guests no longer get loot/chests from world boss events….and maybe on top of that only being able to guest if a friend is online on another server.

You know there’s a problem with guesting if this is happening…

Something needs to be done. I am tired of waiting in an overflow all day just to get into my own server, largely because guesting causes server flooding just because we succeeded.

Edit: Updated image to see easier

Aberrant.6749:

Guesting was implemented so friends from different servers could play together… not for you to go to another server to do world events. Then why not make it so that you have to have a person on your friends list in that area to be able to guest to it… would that make people happier instead of giving priority?

See… I also just saw this in lfg…

(Name withheld because of forum rules) PvE – General PvE, specify in comments Looking for a party thats in Black Gate non-overflow sparkfly fen. Will pay 1g to whoever gets me into BG non-overflow.

What the kitten.

It has now become “Looking for a party thats in Black Gate non-overflow sparkfly fen, if it was a party of 5 and one left ill leave right after so you can reinvite them. Will pay 5g to whoever gets me in”

Edit: You know the guesting system is flawed when this is happening.

Xcom.1926:

The Eternal Grace.3157:

Mimir.4690:

They shouldn’t get rid of guesting.

Instead, they should make the world boss rewards unavailable to anybody guesting. Then, they need to scale world bosses so that lower-pop servers can do it without complaining about being a lower-pop server.

100% support. World boss rewards if you’re on your server only….the guesting feature was designed so that people can play with friends from other servers…this is just taking advantage of it. As someone mentioned earlier, the low population wouldn’t even be much of a problem if guesting was removed (or at least restricted) because the people who would be guesting would now actually be playing on their server, unless they really wanted to play with a friend.

How thoughtful of you. You do realize without guesting many low population servers will never be able to get this done, don’t you?

If there wasn’t guesting, low population servers’ players would actually have to work together to bring him down. Organize and work with each other…it’s not like you are so low that you can’t get 80-100 people for an event. If for some reason this was impossible, then if it they cared enough they’d transfer. Either way, problem solved.

danielrjones.8759:

if people would put up the proof guesting is 100% their problem, they would have a leg to stand on, otherwise making a statement of fact with ZERO proof, only makes others laugh at them. Yes I believe guesting can/may contribute to the problems. But my belief is not proof.

Well, since I was able to get into the main map on Blackgate yesterday (before we took it down), of course, and ever since I have not been able to get in is enough proof for me.

Mimir.4690:

They shouldn’t get rid of guesting.

Instead, they should make the world boss rewards unavailable to anybody guesting. Then, they need to scale world bosses so that lower-pop servers can do it without complaining about being a lower-pop server.

100% support. World boss rewards if you’re on your server only….the guesting feature was designed so that people can play with friends from other servers…this is just taking advantage of it. As someone mentioned earlier, the low population wouldn’t even be much of a problem if guesting was removed (or at least restricted) because the people who would be guesting would now actually be playing on their server, unless they really wanted to play with a friend.

liquidy.6513:

All I have to say is it’s ridiculous to see people post how their ‘community’ deserves priority over someone from a different ‘community’. We are all the SAME community! The GW2 community stop complaining about every update that comes out it makes the WHOLE community look like ungrateful crybabies.

and..

We are ALL dealing with the same problems not just you. We all want to beat Tequatl and maybe if you didn’t want people guesting to your server in huge masses you shouldn’t of bragged all about it on the forums.

I don’t think anyone really bragged. There are several posts addressing this stating basically that they weren’t bragging, they were just showing that it could be and how it was done.

I never said I deserve priority in killing Tequatl, if that’s what you mean. However, I deserve priority on playing with my server with my server’s commanders and guilds that I am familiar with. To say that someone that guests from another server deserves to play with Blackgate’s commanders and guilds just as much as the person who is familiar with them and is a part of that server is what’s ridiculous.

Lianu.1390:

Don’t disable guesting. Many of my real-life friends are on different servers. We all joined at different times and didn’t know at the time who all had the game — some of my friends I only kept in touch with a few times a month since we all moved to our jobs after college. Each of us had joined server-side guilds and developed separate relationships (guilds) in our own servers but also enjoy the freedom to hop over to another friend’s server to play together. One of the biggest factors in playing the game for many people, including myself, was the ability to guest over to other servers and play with friends on their servers. It was a selling point at game’s launch and had many, many, many people complaining when it wasn’t implemented for the first 6+ months.

Just because you’re being pushed into overflow, it doesn’t mean that guests are the reason, anyway, and people have been pushed into overflows at the beginning of every Living Story event, besides. My server has a 2-3 hour wait to queue into the main Sparkfly Fen area because there are just that many people camping and waiting and it’s not one of the “we’ve beat Tequatl!” servers, either.

Disabling guesting because of one Living Story event and a single, permanent world boss is stupid.

I don’t think it should be disabled; However, I think there should be some better restrictions to prevent issues like swarming to a server that actually worked towards a goal just to leech off of them. Something like no world boss rewards while guesting would probably suffice for this purpose.

Jesseroo.8247:

You can guest and be just as much a part of the community as people who’s main server is there. Like I said earlier, I pretty much permanently guest because my main server lacks a community. It’s new content, of course there will be queues. If you chose a good server, good for you, but you really aren’t any more entitled to be playing on it than anyone else.

If I chose this server or payed for a transfer, I am definitely more entitled to playing with that server than someone who didn’t. You’re entitled to your server, I’m entitled to mine. If you care enough to be a part of a good, listening, organized community, then transfer.

Basket of Boxes.1976:

Do most of you realise you would likely still end up in an overflow regardless of whether or not people were guesting on your servers? That is part of the price you pay for being on a stacked server. Most of the people in the main instances have been camped there for several hours to ensure they don’t lose their spots. You will only get in if you sneak in after a reset or camp there overnight.

If you read through a few of the posts…I mentioned this. However, there would be:

A) Less people unhappy that they couldn’t get in
B) More people able to play with their community (Kinda goes with A)
C) Lower queue time for people who want to get in on their home server

Jesseroo.8247:

what makes a guest different than someone on the server? nothing. I’ve guested since the start because my server doesn’t do anything. If transfers didn’t cost 1700 gems I’d have transferred already. Silly to act like you deserve it more because you were lucky enough to have chosen a good server.

I chose this server in beta. I was part of the community that build Blackgate up to what it is. If you don’t care enough to transfer, you shouldn’t act like you have the right to be on a server that you didn’t choose. What makes guest different than someone on the server? The fact that they’re part of that community, benefiting guilds and WvW, and, if they transferred, they care enough to be there.

Aerlen.5326:

The Eternal Grace.3157:

ScarecrowChild.7091:

Aerlen.5326:

Nah, keep guesting but when a native wants to get in – boot the guest. Harsh but the way content in GW2 works is that you better do it when it’s new or you don’t get to finish it.

Entitled much? They were there first. If you want to get in, wait in line like everybody else.

How is that true? There was just an update about 30 minutes ago and I did it the same time as everyone else. Loaded in…overflow. Now I am waiting just as long as everyone else except unable to play with my own server. How is it entitled to ask that you play with your own community? If they care enough to beat him get coordinated enough with other people on your server. If that isn’t an option, transfer. If you care enough, you will.

Forced update apparently means “Entitled N00b”.

I guess so. I really don’t get why people come on the forums just to yell at those with suggestions/complains about being “entitled”. Honestly, everyone on here is entitled to say what they want about the game. Everyone on here is entitled to a majority of the things they’d like to see (to a certain, reasonable extent…not like “OMGz I DESERVE A FREE LEGENDAIRY PLZ”), because after all, they did pay for the game. And, most related to this topic, people are entitled to being on their own server because, after all, they did CHOOSE that server that they are being denied playing with.

Fungalfoot.7213:

FenrirSlakt.3692:

Yes!
If you arrive late to something, it’s obvious you won’t enjoy the same benefits that those who came early. And blaming it on the guesting feature won’t solve anything. You would be in the same position either way.
This feature is also permanent, so you have all the time in the world to do it.

I was on all day with my guild struggling to take down Teq. When it finally looked like we were about to manage to down him I got booted along with a bunch of other server natives. We got deprived of the kill and a lot of us still haven’t been able to gain access to our server since everybody is now swarming to it.

And you seriously mean to tell me that this is how things should be? That this makes for an enjoyable gameplay experience?

That’s a good point as well. Just because someone gets into the main server over you doesn’t mean they’ve been waiting longer…dc happens way too often in this game.

Topher.1684:

TL,DR Please don’t cry on the forums cuz your server is full of people wanted to do the ‘new’ world boss.

I have the right to tell Anet and get support for things that I don’t believe is right in their game. Just because I’m not afraid to say what I want or hope for doesn’t mean I’m crying. If everything is perfect in Guild Wars 2, please get off the forums and play your perfect game, because you’re definitely not on here to point out a flaw in the game if you think everyone who does is crying.

Amok Threeohthree.8501:

And make it completly impossible for low pop servers?

You surely can’t be serious?

If players care enough about it they’ll work to get coordinated with each other just like Blackgate did. If that isn’t an option, then they should transfer. If they care enough, they will, and that’s how you can separate the people who care and the people who don’t.

100% support to OP

ScarecrowChild.7091:

Aerlen.5326:

Nah, keep guesting but when a native wants to get in – boot the guest. Harsh but the way content in GW2 works is that you better do it when it’s new or you don’t get to finish it.

Entitled much? They were there first. If you want to get in, wait in line like everybody else.

How is that true? There was just an update about 30 minutes ago and I did it the same time as everyone else. Loaded in…overflow. Now I am waiting just as long as everyone else except unable to play with my own server. How is it entitled to ask that you play with your own community? If they care enough to beat him get coordinated enough with other people on your server. If that isn’t an option, transfer. If you care enough, you will.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/livingworld/tequatl/Welcome-to-Blackgate/first#post2869540

Shelledfade.6435:

Sadly, some servers are simply better than others. Nothing will change that.

Unless they get rid of servers for PvE purposes and just go to the (in my opinion, superior) district system that GW1 had.

Topher.1684:

What does guesting have to do with guaranteeing your spot? I’m on SF and I have yet to try teq in a non-overflow from day 1. You do know you have many more people on YOUR OWN SERVER then each zone can hold right?

Quote once where I said guaranteeing a place for me…please. If you would read, I’ve said most of the difference would do is lower queue times for people trying to get into their home server…not to mention, (randomly picking numbers) if there are 50 guests and 100 home server players left in overflow, that means 50 of those home server players would get a spot. That makes a difference. 50 players are happier and everyone has lower queue times.

FenrirSlakt.3692:

Fungalfoot.7213:

FenrirSlakt.3692:

Man, let’s be sincere here. You’re just mad because you haven’t been able to beat Tequatl.

Asking ANET to remove or limit a feature that has been there for so long would hit their reputation pretty hard. Now, it’s not only the guests on your server, even if there were no guests, you’d probably end in an overflow as well.

Deal with it. Patience is key.

Yeah, no kitten people are mad that they’re being deprived access from their own servers because of the guest swarm. Are you saying they shouldn’t be?

Yes!
If you arrive late to something, it’s obvious you won’t enjoy the same benefits that those who came early. And blaming it on the guesting feature won’t solve anything. You would be in the same position either way.
This feature is also permanent, so you have all the time in the world to do it.

This again, I can say is invalid. There was an update recently…maybe 20-30 minutes ago? As soon as I updated, I loaded in only to find myself in an overflow. So now I am waiting just as long as everyone else in the main server, except unable to play with my home world and community.

Leablo.2651:

The Eternal Grace.3157:

You’re right, I haven’t been able to beat him yet because I am apart from MY server.

You didn’t beat him yet because you didn’t have a chance to get carried by Blackgate’s guilds.

You personally have done nothing, and will do nothing, to earn a victory over Tequatl. So you can wait for your chance to get carried like everyone else.

What do you mean? So because I’m not a part of every guild in Blackgate I get carried? No, I am a part of a Blackgate guild, and I do my part. I show up on teamspeak, I listen, and, most importantly, I am a MEMBER of Blackgate and their (and technically my) community.

Your point is like trying to argue that because I am not able to solo Teq or do it with afk people or people who don’t listen/understand means I don’t carry the weight to fight with my own server. You’re essentially saying that no one on Blackgate (even the ones that beat him…twice) don’t deserve it because they’re getting carried by everyone else.

/facepalm

danielrjones.8759:

get booted? So explain how that happens. a guest come in and they boot someone from the home server? lol

If a guest is taking up a spot in my home server and I want in, boot the guest to overflow. Like I said, probably not the best way and is rather harsh, but it’s a possibility if they don’t want to get rid of world boss rewards for guests.

danielrjones.8759:

So if guesting wasnt allowed and people were put into overflow because a server population was so high. How is it decided who should be on the main? Achievement Points? Age? If you have a legendary?

I never said guesting shouldn’t be allowed. I’m saying guests shouldn’t be able to get world event bosses from a server that isn’t theirs. Either that, or they get kicked from the main server when someone from the actual server wants in, but that’s a little more harsh.

Then, if it’s full from just the server itself, have there be an overflow just like there is now, and prioritize according to arrival time and server. Difference: less queue time to get into the main server because it isn’t being populated by tons of guests.

FenrirSlakt.3692:

Man, let’s be sincere here. You’re just mad because you haven’t been able to beat Tequatl.

Asking ANET to remove or limit a feature that has been there for so long would hit their reputation pretty hard. Now, it’s not only the guests on your server, even if there were no guests, you’d probably end in an overflow as well.

Deal with it. Patience is key.

You’re right, I haven’t been able to beat him yet because I am apart from MY server. I am not the only one annoyed with this. It’s a problem. Instead of being able to beat him with my server, I am stuck in overflow with afkers and people who either don’t listen or don’t know what they’re doing from other servers.

Again, you’re right, maybe I would end up in an overflow, but I probably wouldn’t be stuck in one all day with no prompt to enter the main.

Edit: grammatical error

Galtrix.7369:

Sorry, but I don’t agree with this. 90% of the people on my server need to learn to play. Literally, I can’t issue one simple order without 100+ people going, “der, duh, waht am I spposed to do nao?” Don’t get me started on the people that take control of the turrets. We get afk people, we get people that only use the buffs of the turret on themselves, and last time we got two people that literally wanted to play “Water fight” with the turrets. They aimed only at each other for the entire Teq fight.

Yet I guest to Blackgate and everyone is organized and most people listen when I tell them they need to do something. I think I picked the 10 year old server by accident. Do not make me spend another Teq fight in my server, because I will explode. It’s good that some servers are getting all the attention anyway. More people = more chance of success for that server.

Not trying to be a jerk, but then transfer to Blackgate. Just because our members listen and organize better than other servers doesn’t mean I shouldn’t be able to play with mine. If people who will listen and coordinate care enough, they’ll transfer, then it separates the people who care enough from the people who don’t.

Nalora.7964:

It would be nice if citizens of a specific world were given priority for slots in events on their own world, and not be shoved to overflow due to guesting.

I would take it a step further and say that if I were prioritizing access I would give the next slot to anyone guesting from the lowest populated world.

True, because if people are going to use the feature what it’s really meant for (grouping with friends), then there’s no reason their friends couldn’t meet them in an overflow.

DarcShriek.5829:

The Eternal Grace.3157:

DarcShriek.5829:

I’m on SoR, and guess what every time I do Teq I’m on the overflow. Even if you didn’t have guests, there’s a good chance you’d still be in overflow. Stop crying about guests and be a good host.

Because I am disappointed that I can’t play with my own server makes me crying? You’re right, there probably is an overflow on all of the high-populated servers, but at least there likely isn’t multiple. I can’t almost guarantee Blackgate has at least 3-4+.

Almost guarantee = I have no proof.

No, being disappointed isn’t what makes you a cryer, it’s coming on the forums and complaining about it that does. Especially, when it’s not the guesting that’s causing it because other servers are having the same issues.

I edited my post, btw….

But, so instead of being a suck-up to Anet and not tell them what I actually think about their content makes me a cryer? I like this game, but just because I don’t think every idea they have is perfect doesn’t make me a cryer. It means I’m afraid to say what I think about their game and how I think it can be improved. Stop trolling and stop being such a fanboy and take a look at the game…it’s because of people like you that the game is in the state that it is right now.

Also, as I said earlier, maybe other high-population servers are getting put into overflow as well, but I would expect faster than 4+ hours of waiting in an overflow. It’s ridiculous.

Corran.4957:

erm you do no overflows are SHARED between all region servers… blackgate doesnt get it own. Hell Im currently on overflows with blackgate people when I tried to get in SoR. At least learn the system before spewing crap. I can guarentee you probably could log out and in and get in multiple different overflows because of this.
But yeah, blackgate are so amazing they get their very own overflows… oO

Honestly I didn’t know that, but you’re right, they are shared…which makes my point even more valid. I would rather be in my own server that can be coordinated than with tons of people from random servers that are afk or not listening to anyone.

Lucky.9421:

Guesting is a feature.

Yes. And I believe the feature was mainly intended so that you can still party up and play with friends from other servers:

“Guesting allows you to play with friends on other worlds in the same region without transferring” – GW2 wiki

Corran.4957:

That just sounds like the BG recruitment for wvw gone wrong … come stack on our server so we can win…. but dont do it in pve :P

Except for the fact that you can’t play WvW while guesting…which is why I suggested removing the rewards from world bosses for guests.

DarcShriek.5829:

I’m on SoR, and guess what every time I do Teq I’m on the overflow. Even if you didn’t have guests, there’s a good chance you’d still be in overflow. Stop crying about guests and be a good host.

But do you show up last minute? While I wait for Teq I usually end up doing homework or something else with GW2 in the back…after sitting in Sparkfly for 4+ hours, I kinda expect that I would be able to get into my main server.

/sarcasm

Seems that a lot of people are guesting to BG just because we beat him (first), and it’s rather annoying to me that, as a Blackgate member, I’m always stuck in the overflow.

Sorry, but I really think something needs to be done about this; it’s bad for both Blackgate and their original server. Tequatl doesn’t need a nerf, other servers just actually need to work together and stop server jumping just to improve your chances.

Suggestion: Make world boss rewards unavailable unless you complete it on your server.

I don’t want to be stuck in overflow with a lower population, mostly made up of afkers and people who plain just don’t listen (and sit on the floor dead), while people from other servers are taking up spots to “leech” off of our success/coordination instead of working to help their own server.

Edit: I just want to make it clear that in no way am I trying to be mean, it’s just frustrating as a member of Blackgate that I can’t even play with my own server because other people don’t want to play with theirs.

Shiren.9532:

Ewon.5903:

wtb: new server

It happened in WvW and now it’s happening in PvE. Hopefully the situation gets better as the content is out longer, currently it feels like you’re kitten for being on the wrong server.

This is why GW1’s system was superior…get rid of these servers for everything other than WvW purposes, and bring back the district system.

Espionage.3685:

The Eternal Grace.3157:

Espionage.3685:

If you decide on a USB headset, do make sure to first try using ports actually on the motherboard. My front-case USB wasn’t shielded, and I could hear interference pretty easily when using it…

Is the buzzing sound being heard through the speakers, or is it being heard from the GPU itself? If it’s from the GPU itself, you might be experiencing coil whine, which isn’t easily fixable (not necessarily a problem though; could probably RMA easily though if it’s a concern).

Unless I would be able to hear the GPU’s coil whine through my headset (and speakers, if the headset isn’t on), then no, it’s definitely not that. It’s definitely coming through my speakers/headphones.

It doesn’t seem unheard of for coil whine to also be heard through audio devices: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1794396/hearing-gpu-coil-whine-headphones.html

Can’t say for sure if I noticed this or not though when I did have coil whine…

Regardless, a USB sound card could have mixed results with that. If it’s less sensitive to interference, it may work out better. Someone reported they could hear coil whine worse with better-quality sound hardware though…

As for a way to fix (or handle) coil whine, you could try limiting your FPS. I only had coil whine when my FPS was around 2000+, and since I only had 2 things that could get that high, I just capped my global FPS to 180 lol. With GW2 on the other hand, I don’t see FPS being nearly “that” high…

Thanks for the reply. I really don’t think it’s coil while, I just think it’s interference from my graphics card. I’m hoping/thinking that a USB soundcard will be far enough away (plus exterior helps) from my graphics card that it shouldn’t pick up anything from it. I can get them for $3-4 so I may as well try it and see how it works.

Behellagh.1468:

All those games you listed are not MMOs and the ones that are multiplayer you simply don’t have as many players on the same size map at the same time.

It’s like comparing your family car to a top fuel dragster or a mega dump truck and saying your car is crap because it can’t break 200MPH is 4 seconds or haul 100 tons of material at a time.

Elder Scrolls: Online is definitely an mmo…ha…and it’s in beta. It has just as many players (probably more since it was beta and everyone was testing the same area) and is open world just like GW2, but with better graphics AND framerate. Here I am comparing apples to apples and GW2 is loser by a LONG shot.

I recently upgraded to a 7950, pretty similar to yours. I get 20-30fps on max settings as well…and honestly there’s not much you can do about it. If you change graphics settings to have shadows and reflections completely off, it might boost you about 5-10fps, if you can manage to play without those.

I hate the optimization of this game…it sucks horribly. I played in the Elder Scrolls: Online beta, which has better graphics than GW2, and it ran at 50-60fps at all times, max graphics…even with 100+ players on my screen…and the sad part is that it’s IN BETA! How is Guild Wars 2’s optimization/performance getting its butt kicked by a game with better graphics and in beta? Very pathetic…

On another side note, I run just about every other game (Crysis 1, 2, and 3, Far Cry 3, Skyrim, etc.) at 50-60+ fps without a problem. It has nothing to do with your graphics card…it’s just how crappy GW2’s optimization is.

I don’t expect to beat it right away, but I do expect to at least have a chance. If we got him down to 50-75%, maybe. But keep in mind my server is one of the highest populated and most organized (Blackgate), and on the main server, it was maybe down to the 85-90% range.

It was fun, and I liked it, but 15 minutes for 10-15% of his health, then getting 50c for all that time isn’t fun.

And if you think people are going to keep doing this in a few weeks, maybe even a few days, if the event consistently fails with no sign of getting close to beating it and next to no reward, then I don’t think you know the GW2 community very well.

Calae.1738:

The Eternal Grace.3157:

I liked it, but I can’t see myself or anyone else continuing to do it if you always fail with no reward.

Of coarse.

What’s the point of playing if there are no drugs…. uh rewards. Isn’t that why we’re all here? We’re here to get some drugs… uh rewards.

Let’s be honest…if I only play for an hour every day, or even a few hours, why would I do a 15-minute event (+ waiting time) when I could just run CoF p1 and get 1.5g? Then maybe SE or CoF p2 for another 1.5g? If players are going to invest time into something, they at least want to get credit for it. 50c for failing isn’t worth 15 minutes.

Don’t get me wrong, it was fun, and when (if) we finally beat him, it will feel great, which is what Anet wants, but it just won’t be worth doing if the event fails 95%+ of the time.

No one has an answer?

Espionage.3685:

If you decide on a USB headset, do make sure to first try using ports actually on the motherboard. My front-case USB wasn’t shielded, and I could hear interference pretty easily when using it…

Is the buzzing sound being heard through the speakers, or is it being heard from the GPU itself? If it’s from the GPU itself, you might be experiencing coil whine, which isn’t easily fixable (not necessarily a problem though; could probably RMA easily though if it’s a concern).

Unless I would be able to hear the GPU’s coil whine through my headset (and speakers, if the headset isn’t on), then no, it’s definitely not that. It’s definitely coming through my speakers/headphones.

Feirlista Xv.1425:

Instead of a USB sound card get a USB headset that way yuo have it all in one that’s all I use ingame that way you can play the ingame sounds and music and get on a gaming VoIP server at the same time these headsets start at around $30 and up

I already have a headset that I like, but it’s wired, and a different one as backup, both which I really like (and relatively expensive), so I don’t think purchasing another headset would be the best option for me.