Name for Arachina Plateau is bigger then Crystal Deserts I'm sensing favoritism.
I advise against Crystal Desert. In fact, I'm moving my guild off of there for BWE3. CD was so crowded that it kept locking out new character creation and some people in my guild couldn't get on there for BWE2.
Of course, could be that enough other people will be thinking the same thing and moving away that it will actually be fine...but I'm not betting on it.
One thing with GW2 that's a pain in the ass is that once you make a character, you're locked into that server as your "home world". You can do PvE on any server but you can only WvW on your home world. If your home world ends up sucking for some reason, well, tough shit. Cough up $10 or whatever to buy the server transfer to move your home world. So there's a lot of pressure to choose wisely. (It would be sensible for them to set like a 36-hour free-transfer windows so people can get settled and move if needed but I've heard no word of that.)
My personal suggestion would be to pick one of the servers that opened in BWE2. They were underpopulated for BWE2 but I think they'll fill out as people from overcrowded BWE1 servers make the switch.
Purchased and downloaded.
Can't wait til tomorrow.
Question: Are we locked into the server we join over the beta weekend?
I advise against Crystal Desert. In fact, I'm moving my guild off of there for BWE3. CD was so crowded that it kept locking out new character creation and some people in my guild couldn't get on there for BWE2.
Of course, could be that enough other people will be thinking the same thing and moving away that it will actually be fine...but I'm not betting on it.
One thing with GW2 that's a pain in the ass is that once you make a character, you're locked into that server as your "home world". You can do PvE on any server but you can only WvW on your home world. If your home world ends up sucking for some reason, well, tough shit. Cough up $10 or whatever to buy the server transfer to move your home world. So there's a lot of pressure to choose wisely. (It would be sensible for them to set like a 36-hour free-transfer windows so people can get settled and move if needed but I've heard no word of that.)
My personal suggestion would be to pick one of the servers that opened in BWE2. They were underpopulated for BWE2 but I think they'll fill out as people from overcrowded BWE1 servers make the switch.
Alright, convincing friends and family to go for Crystal Desert.
I know you said not a clan but since we can have multiple clans why can't we just have a cRPG one? Just for ya know, kicks and stuff.
I am sure someone will make a clan, all I am saying is it isn't me haha. Not everyone wants to join a cRPG clan either, so this is more a thread about picking a server than recruiting for a clan. Someone else can make that. :]
Anyone know if clans work like they did in Guild Wars 1? It would be awfully convenient if we could at least get everyone's clans in an alliance.
Ingame name is SeQueL I'm a Asura Ranger.Will add as friend when I get in, not much time to play this weekend I don't think.
Crystal Deser is full T_T
Check this list, too...
http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/32389-world-choice-guilds-and-communities/
At least on smaller servers, I'll have better chance to influence random people so we can play smart, quality over quantity. Maybe we can even win while having that "outnumbered" bonus. But if we lose, at least we'd get matched up with other smaller servers.
Wondering how many of you actually played GW1 -.-
Anyways, I'm down with joining a server that has a lot of cRPG players...
yeah if CD is gonna be bad. Where is everyone going? If I am playing I would rather once in a while see people I know.
Personally I think it's going to be like Rift on day 1: every single server will be full and they'll roll out new servers. Basically I don't think it's possible to pick a "low pop" server right now and the real question is if your WvW queue will be 2 minutes or 4 hours.
The real problem is that GW2 locks you in (for WvW) once you've made your server choice.
I hope they do something smart like allow 100% free transfers for full servers. Like once CD goes "full", they maybe link it with some other low pop server and say "For the next 36 hours, you can transfer for free from CD to this new server." If they announced a program like that, I'd say "okay then!" and continue with CD.
As it stands, you'll have to pay real-life cash to transfer. If it fills up and your guild can't get in, well, you're fucked. (In Rift, our first server selection really did get a 4 hour queue on the first day, so those of us who got in just decided to abandon it and start over on a new server. That won't work in GW2.)
Right, I know if you want to transfer your characters it costs money.
Fairly certain if you just delete all your characters and make a new one on another server you change your home world for free. The fee is for transferring existing characters I thought.
Right, I know if you want to transfer your characters it costs money.
Fairly certain if you just delete all your characters and make a new one on another server you change your home world for free. The fee is for transferring existing characters I thought.
All of my friends and Karma plan on going to Crystal Desert so that's probably where we are going.
They're just saying that after a while when the servers were put up during the BWE's most of the servers became full.
Crystal Desert and a lot of other servers were full so late comers couldn't join in the server. If you're on upon release though along with all your friends you should be fine and have no troubles getting on the server. All of my friends and Karma plan on going to Crystal Desert so that's probably where we are going.
This is WRONG and devs have already confirmed that is NOT the case. Home server = home server. Deleting characters accomplishes nothing.
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Home_server#Home_world
http://www.arena.net/blog/choosing-and-transferring-worlds-in-guild-wars-2
WHY DON'T WE CHOOSE A DIFFERENT ONE. IT'S THE STRESS TEST TODAY 10 MINUTES IN AND CRYSTAL DESERT IS ALREADY FULL NUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU........
Sooooooooooo not Crystal Desert, correct? Where the fuck is Astralis/SoW going?I think they're still going to arachina plateau last I heard.
I think they're still going to arachina plateau last I heard.
we finally chose Jade Quary as our last destination.
jade quarry is fucking full, what the fuck.
jade quarry is fucking full, what the fuck.
Maybe game launch at 6AM is not so bad after all... 1 server on Medium and the rest on Low here. :D
I'm trying to play with Allers, but you need to be in the same Overflow/Main place thing in order to even see them... so we're basically just waiting until it asks us if we want to move out of the overflow. Is there an easier way to be able to play with them? And yes, Allers is in my party.
Right click his portrait and click Join.
Fort Aspenwood is our FINAL server atm. Don't quote me though.