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I'm not exactly sure what you mean here by "vpn proxy" since they're two totally separate/different things. If you want to know how to connect through a VPN, it would be just like Healix said, VPN's are network connections that everything "goes through" anyway, so there would be no further "setup" or configuration needed in order for Guild Wars 2 to function with it. Now, on the other hand, if you're looking to get it to work with a proxy that's an entirely different can of worms. I just went through this tonight because for the first time in ever I finally have exceeded my cell phone providers hard capped hotspot/tethering limitations and had to download an app that "bypasses" the phones native "hotspot" to supply a hotspot. It does this by being a proxy. Of course when you configure a proxy in the OS or for some apps/programs that actually allow use of proxies, there's no issue. However when trying to run something like GW2, it cannot be done because it's trying to connect directly and it cannot. If you try you will just continuously get connection error messages. And there's no way to "tell" GW2 to use a proxy... So in order to "make" GW2 work with/on a proxy, Healix's recommendation for FreeCap was on the right path but for me personally, both FreeCap and WideCap did NOT work... The one that did/DOES work is Proxifier. Proxifier can be found here ~ https://www.proxifier.com/ Now, sadly, this IS a paid software (with a 31 day "trial") but if you're in a situation (like me) where you HAVE to use a proxy; this one should most certainly work (it was the most recently updated software of this nature [in 2021]), and the nice thing is there's also a "portable" version that doesn't even require installation. Sadly it does appear the "standard" and "portable" versions are separate "purchases", so pick which one you want carefully. It is even nicer that the trials exist, so you can make 100% sure it works before committing to spending money! I personally picked the portable version, so I can run it on any one of my machines, figuring the "standard" MAY be limited to one machine? IDK! I hope this helps you, and anyone else looking this up and needing help with it in the future! Maybe, if lucky, ANet will actually implement a "proxy configuration" in the future too... ps) offtop/ yeah I know I could have rooted my phone, and I always used to, but my banking app will NOT work any longer on a rooted device! So I'm "stuck" using a "hotspot" proxy now that I've exceeded my limitations... .. .

You're absolutely wrong about that, on another hand you could be considered "right" too. Depends on which perspective you take. If you consider that there IS at least ONE server that's not full, that they could join and play on, you'd be right... However, if you consider that this means they'd basically be playing by themselves or stuck to "find new friends". Which is the perspective that makes me correct. No, they cannot join my server, nor even the currently linked server... So yes, they cannot play right now; because they're not going to join some random server that they cannot play with me on, only to be a solo roamer, or to be stuck finding new friends / different guild... So let me ask you that! What kind of IRL friends are going to join a game, at the recommendation of a friend, only to NOT be able to play with them..!? Your friends !? (which would then lead me to ask what kind of friends you have) None of my IRL friends, I'll tell you that..! They'd be joining to specifically play WITH me and the guild..! Which leads me to the FACT that me (and / or my guild) all transferring is NOT an option either. First of all, I don't know why an entire guild would move servers just because of a small hand-full of new people looking to join (say 3-6). Furthermore, I am a "veteran" myself, I logged in the for first time on Saturday August 25th, 2012 (during 3 day head-start), and the server I picked then is the server I am still on today! That's right, I have NEVER transferred off of it! So I surely wouldn't start now, even if it was "free"..! But again, it's also really just NOT feasible to move an entire guild, all because ~10 or less new players wish to join! Even if it was "free" for all of us! So by this point we are surely "server loyalists", on a server that's not "full", but it surely is marked as "full"...! Again, pointing back to the Fact that there is something wrong with this current system..! If you look at the "worlds" page right now, you will see that only FOUR N/A servers aren't "full" or "very high"... Out of TWENTY-FOUR, that is *horrible*..! How do you expect new players to join, where do you expect them to go..!? "Full" cannot be joined, and granted I'm not sure what the actual "numbers" threshold is, I wouldn't try to bring any "sizable" group of friends to one marked "Very High" either, so FOUR out of TWENTY-FOUR ~ I'd say "WE HAVE A PROBLEM".......!!!!!!! Which is exactly why I hope that not only a "dev" see's this, but also "chimes in"...! Current Server List

Not sure if you don't read or what, so I'll say it again: because people can just "join flood" a server, then never actually play on it... Even if all they have to do is remain or be considered "active"... How hard is it for them to roll a server to fill it up, and log in once a week/month or whatever the time frame is! So yes, if anyone "out there" is actively logging in, but not actually actively playing; they're going to be considered "active"... Therefore counting against the servers population... Only thing we don't know, is those specific internal thresholds... Is it just that the account is logged? Is it specifically that the person enters a WvW map? Is it once per week? Once per month? Either way, it's not very impossible for someone who "doesn't really play" to remain considered "active" by the games internal mechanisms... Whether intentional, or coincidental. As EVIDENCED by > 1/2 (READ: GREATER than one half), of NA servers being listed as FULL. They're clearly not /actually/ full in the first place... Otherwise, you're trying to tell me that, all of a sudden, ANets bastage child is SO popular more than 1/2 of the servers Are legitimately "full" ~ come-on give me a break! Clearly quite the opposite is true, if anything the WvW population has been on a steady Decline, as EVIDENCED by the FACT that we have "server linking"... If what you were saying were true, and if servers truly were "full", then we would need the opposite, we would need MORE servers ADDED at this point... (insert hysterical laughing here)...! So again, whatever system they have in place is flawed, and is not "working"... All I am trying to do is bring this to their attention for everybody's benefit: theirs as a revenue generating company, other people within the player-base, my friends, my guild, and my own...

I can't say I am well informed of any WvW "politics" or "drama" as I really couldn't care less! But, I can say: "What does it matter how many people can 'join' or 'be on' a server if and when the WvW maps have an overall capacity on how many people can be in it anyway!" As the GM's have basically already admitted to me in my ticket, this is basically how we wind up "outnumbered" a lot too. So yes, this IS an ongoing problem as I see it because people can just "join flood" a server, then never actually play on it... Even if all they have to do is remain or be considered "active"... How hard is it for them to roll a server to fill it up, and log in once a week/month or whatever the time frame is! My point is, there should Not be any "caps" on how many people can "join" a server... As WvW itself, the maps, will still have their capacities in tact... If anything, this is just hurting the game just as bad if not worse than whatever scenario you're describing because now people that legitimately Want to play, cannot..! As we have servers that are "full" but yet not full! If not OUTNUMBERED/OUTMANNED on top of it! @.@

Well they're not going to know if they like it or not because they're not joining unless they can join the same server for WvW >.< Catch 22 - wont matter if they can xfer for free after they buy as they're not gonna buy until/unless they can actually play with us LOL And IDK what you mean or are thinking when you say free accounts cannot chose a server, I have multiple friends WvW with us on free accounts...! So clearly they have chosen a server, else they would not be in WvW with us... The Only limitation I am aware of is that you must attain lv60 before you can WvW on a free account (which I have no problem with and is entirely unrelated to this issue)...

So I have invited a few friends to come enjoy Guild Wars 2... While I understand "server selection" is not important to PvE, PvP, and pretty much any and every aspect that is not WvW, we are a WvW focused guild! So, in the meantime these friends have all been advised to "hold off" because unless they join the same server - will will not be able to WvW together... So after a few WEEKS of them trying, I finally decided to submit a ticket... The general response was that there's "nothing" they can do. They said we can enjoy these other game aspects together (wonder if I didn't put enough emphasis on the Fact that we're a WvW guild), and or even mentioned joining a "linked server" (while noting the "link" is only existent for ~2 months)... So, while transferring myself and or the whole guild is not a viable option either, we are stuck between a rock and a hard place with these new players not being able to join... "Customer support" (the "ticket" as opened) have been unable to help and even followed up with specific directions that I post about this issue here in the forums! So alas, here I am, doing so! Customer support also told me that we can check here ~ https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/World to see server population... Problem is, MOST of the NA servers are listed as being FULL... So my friends cannot join the server my guild and I are on, and they couldn't even join the linked server if they wanted because it too is full! I am hoping that ANet will jump on this issue and do something about it because it truly doesn't just affect my friends and or myself, it is affecting "you too" (anet)... Unless or until my friends are able to join the same server to actually be able to play with me, they're not going to play at all... Which also spells out possibly lost sales (they're all planning on starting on free accounts to assure they like the game before purchasing any expansions)... I couldn't imagine my friends and I are the ONLY people in this type of predicament either, so I would hate to imagine how many potential sales are being lost due to these servers constantly being "Full"... While I do understand WvW is NOT the "main focus" of the company - and may not even ultimately be very popular with the player-base as a whole; but I implore you to look into this issue, please! This is not the "image" I wanted portrayed about this game or this company! I spoke quite highly of ArenaNet and GuildWars2 when making these referrals! I hope we can amicably resolve this before my referrals decide to "move on"! pic1 pic2

Gee, sounds kinda like what I mentioned - although I missed whatever poll you speak of... But to everyone else, this was exactly my ****ing point when I said and MEAN that "WE the players - WERE/ARE in the WRONG" on this one... And I am not talking about myself here; I'm one of the ones who was like "lets give this map a chance" while almost literally EVERYONE else was like "don't like it".. I'm like DUDE seriously, you haven't even explored it all yet... Enter my comment about people being TOO LAZY TO LEARN IT... !!! Yes, that has been the PRIMARY reason from what I have seen w/ my own eyes... Was people NOT even giving it a chance... And you kittens expect ANet to continue to make new maps for WvW, after a good percentage of the LAZY kitten playerbase literally slapped them in the face over DBL Look in the mirror and GROW UP... I must admit, looking at some of these "stats" thrown around - has me literally laughing quite hard... That you all are going to argue over a maps popularity with graphs and flow-charts and statistics... DUDE IT'S A GAME (was never quite sure why all that CRAP is tracked in the first place)... It's not like some HUGE eSports thing where you're going to win a million dollars for winning or having "better numbers" in ANY given 'category' /facepalm God, and I thought I was a geek! Here I just wanna hop in and play a game; not argue over graphs flow charts and powerpoint presentations of DATA collected over PREVIOUS (GAME) play... (TL;DR) But seriously, I do not blame ANet one bit; after what "WE" did to them (that whole slap in the face), and I do not expect a new map EVER - PERIOD... Thanks to most of you kittens out there!!! (and BTW I am not saying I like or dislike the DBL, that's not even relevant - the MAIN point of relevancy is/was that: at least I was willing to give it a chance while all you morons that were like ~ "NOPE DONT LIKE IT", like 10 minutes in...!!!!

I just had (couldn't resist) to correct you on that, you're wrong. The game officially opened to the public for 3-day head-start on the 25th of August, 2012 (for people who pre-ordered or pre-purchased), and on the 28th of August, 2012 for those who didn't preorder or prepurchase... The rest seems correct :) And EoTM (as DEAD as it is now-a-days) is a "WvW 'megaserver'" and the way it works is; if your team is RED this week in "REAL" WvW, then you're going to be RED in EoTM too... So the ONLY way you'd be able to "meet up" with friends from other servers, AND "be on the same team"; well, they'd also have to be on a "home world" that is the same "color" that week. Then it would work ;) :) But yes, WvW is literally the ONLY reason for "home world" now so, there's NO reason that EVERYONE shouldn't be able to organize on ONE specific server together, whether friends, guild, etc...

I have a better idea; why not get rid of those PLAIN JANE "alpine borderlands" maps, and make ALL borderlands, again, the desert BL maps! Sorry, NOT sorry; when they first came out [panzies] that didn't wanna learn the new maps QQ'd so hard - and I cannot believe ANet gave in, and got us to the situation we're in now. Where we have ONE DBL and two ABL @.@ The first and best solution IMHO would be to ditch all those old ABL's and MAKE ALL THREE desert BL's... And if people don't wanna play on em, too damn bad! Next best or followup solution IMHO would be to ditch one MORE ABL, and have them design yet one more "new" map, so that ALL of the borderlands are unique... Sorry again not sorry, I can't believe so many people slapped ANet in the face like that when they put so much time and effort into giving us a new map... All a LOT of the playerbase did was INSULT them... YET WE WONDER WHY MANY OF US FEEL THIS GAME MODE IS NEGLECTED... Would you wanna work on something so hard only to have LAZY people that don't want to bother learning new things (because they hold an advantage on maps they already know [which is what it's REALLY about and we all know it]) INSULT you!!!??? Hell no I wouldn't ~ I'd give up on ya too! Then of course these are probably the same people that turn right around and complain "WvW doesn't get [enough/any] attention"; GEE I WONDER WHY... It couldn't have anything to do with the fact that when they tried, a great percentage of the player-base insulted them and or their "work"! "Bu bu but, the new maps are HARD mmkay"; GOOD - NEW content SHOULD be HARD/difficult/challenging...! I do not play games because they're easy... If I wanted easy mode I'd go play doom and IDDQD that ****! Games SHOULD be challenging... Funny I just got done explaining to a friend (who has never played an MMO) about how just about ANY/EVERY MMO is MOST fun when they first launch. Because nobody has yet figured out how to "abuse" anything in it! When it's CHALLENGING to EVERYONE...! Then of course they dwindle over time because people start to abuse whatever they can! Even if it's something as simple as knowing a map like the back of their own hands! If they REALLY wanted to spice it up, they could come out with ALL new maps every X duration (year or two or so or whatever they decided)! THAT would be really interesting! But also, a LOT of WORK!