World Linking 7/28/2023

[Cal Cohen.2358]

Here are the worlds for EU:

• Augury Rock (FR), Gunnar's Hold (EN)
• Aurora Glade (EN), Blacktide (EN)
• Baruch Bay (SP), Arborstone (FR)
• Desolation (EN), Jade Sea (FR)
• Drakkar Lake (DE), Dzagonur (DE)
• Far Shiverpeaks (EN)
• Fissure of Woe (EN), Fort Ranik (FR)
• Gandara (EN), Kodash (DE)
• Piken Square (EN), Elona Reach (DE)
• Ring of Fire (EN), Abaddon's Mouth (DE)
• Riverside (DE), Miller's Sound (DE)
• Ruins of Surmia (EN), Vabbi (EN)
• Seafarer's Rest (EN)
• Underworld (EN), Vizunah Square (FR)
• Whiteside Ridge (EN)

Here are the worlds for NA:

• Anvil Rock, Sanctum of Rall
• Blackgate, Northern Shiverpeaks
• Darkhaven, Yak's Bend
• Dragonbrand, Eredon Terrace
• Ferguson's Crossing, Sorrow's Furnace
• Fort Aspenwood, Isle of Janthir
• Gate of Madness, Henge of Denravi
• Jade Quarry, Devona's Rest
• Kaineng, Stormbluff Isle
• Maguuma, Borlis Pass
• Sea of Sorrows, Crystal Desert
• Tarnished Coast, Ehmry Bay

[Levinste.5739]

Thank you for these relinks !

[RedTheCrazy.1028]

Nice 2 months with V ♿ B B I.  Cant wait

[TheGrimm.5624]

Thanks for link info!

[Sonderm.4639]

2 more months without a link! Appreciate it, makes getting weekly Keep Crusher so easy to obtain from daily retaking home garri several times.

Edited July 28, 2023 by Sonderm.4639

[Dvalin.5428]

Someone explain to me what this means? 

[Haretic.2047]

Woot! We aren't the host this time around! Looking forward to the new friends! 

[Thor Malen.8291]

FSP doesn't have a link?

 

[Aetheros.4203]

17 minutes ago, Dvalin.5428 said:

Someone explain to me what this means? 

 

Full/High pop WvW servers are linked to medium-low pop servers to help balance the player population out. (ie the two servers are treated as the same for matchups). Every two months they change which servers links based on the current active WvW player population changes on those servers.

Edited July 28, 2023 by Aetheros.4203

[Hellbound.5610]

Well done not giving FSP a link once again when the server is only full of mostly inactive alt accounts!

Also, what happened to the links Roy initially posted a few days ago?

[Sly Mutha.3195]

Have a great relinks, everyone!

[MedievalThings.5417]

Time for the pondering of "where did all the bandwagoners stack this time"?

[TheIceman.1039]

1 hour ago, Cal Cohen.2358 said:

Here are the worlds for EU:

• Augury Rock (FR), Gunnar's Hold (EN)
• Aurora Glade (EN), Blacktide (EN)
• Baruch Bay (SP), Arborstone (FR)
• Desolation (EN), Jade Sea (FR)
• Drakkar Lake (DE), Dzagonur (DE)
• Far Shiverpeaks (EN)
• Fissure of Woe (EN), Fort Ranik (FR)
• Gandara (EN), Kodash (DE)
• Piken Square (EN), Elona Reach (DE)
• Ring of Fire (EN), Abaddon's Mouth (DE)
• Riverside (DE), Miller's Sound (DE)
• Ruins of Surmia (EN), Vabbi (EN)
• Seafarer's Rest (EN)
• Underworld (EN), Vizunah Square (FR)
• Whiteside Ridge (EN)

Here are the worlds for NA:

• Anvil Rock, Sanctum of Rall
• Blackgate, Northern Shiverpeaks
• Darkhaven, Yak's Bend
• Dragonbrand, Eredon Terrace
• Ferguson's Crossing, Sorrow's Furnace
• Fort Aspenwood, Isle of Janthir
• Gate of Madness, Henge of Denravi
• Jade Quarry, Devona's Rest
• Kaineng, Stormbluff Isle
• Maguuma, Borlis Pass
• Sea of Sorrows, Crystal Desert
• Tarnished Coast, Ehmry Bay

meeting again old friends....   Well ... 😄

[SFShinigami.1572]

oh great, piken is linked to piken, we're gonna get more threads from piken complaining about piken

[MindTricked.4283]

Ah. 8 more weeks with the same link. Good thing DH & YB seem to get along.

[RisingDawn.5796]

Hopefully there's an alliance beta with guild alliances, as they said there would be, during these next two months. Even though there's been no further information, so far this summer.

Edited July 29, 2023 by CrimsonOneThree.5682

[Knighthonor.4061]

I want to play with MAG at least once and experience that fun stuff for once

[Riba.3271]

18 hours ago, Hellbound.5610 said:

Well done not giving FSP a link once again when the server is only full of mostly inactive alt accounts!

Since lot of guilds and transfers are on links these days, main servers can fit very few people before they go full. FSP has the population to stay above tier 4 alone so they deservably have no link.

Linking system has just degraded over time as links became populous enough to cause problems. Should they get rid of it? Yes. Will they? No, as this would mean admitting they were wrong.

Edited July 29, 2023 by Riba.3271

[Hellbound.5610]

2 hours ago, Riba.3271 said:

Since lot of guilds and transfers are on links these days, main servers can fit very few people before they go full. FSP has the population to stay above tier 4 alone so they deservably have no link.

Linking system has just degraded over time as links became populous enough to cause problems. Should they get rid of it? Yes. Will they? No, as this would mean admitting they were wrong.

We will see this time... Already being crushed in Tier 5. There were not even any queues during reset/relink except when EBG keep or HBL Garri were being hit.

When the server population is not there because "link balance", WvW is not motivating to spend time in at all, and since WvW is "the cornerstone of GW2" and the only real interesting aspect as well as true meta of GW2, when this is the case it just means you completely log out of the game and do something else with your precious life.

So yeah, GG Anet with another well balanced relink where inactive alt accounts and reset bots farming a wooden chest never to be seen for the remainder of the week are counted.

[jahaan.1405]

OHHH, now Anet sees that pairing two low level servers for 8 weeks wasn't working. I guess they finally noticed how players on those servers were leaving in large numbers. The lockboxes that give very few rewards and the 8 gold for the weekly just weren't enough to keep people playing. When you go into WvW for a daily and see two tags, then go into open world to do a daily and see 7 tags and more players than I normally see any time of day in WvW, it's time to find something else to do.

[Riba.3271]

5 hours ago, Hellbound.5610 said:

We will see this time... Already being crushed in Tier 5. There were not even any queues during reset/relink except when EBG keep or HBL Garri were being hit.

Their main commanders are probably just tanking for guildtransfers. They were stable around tier 3 before relinkings.

Anyways, I understand it is stupid for linked servers to always be open for transfers, and the outnumbered solo servers be closed for transfers. But what can you do: the system is stupid.

[Rebuke.3176]

How long has the person who does these links worked at Arenanet?

We all know they are manually generated even when the algorithm says 'do this' they still put full servers with a link against two 'high' servers.

WvW is a great hobby, but many of us are tired of Anet playing dumb about the numbers and laughing as servers are playing against impossible numbers OR no one.

[Junkpile.7439]

No wonder maps are empty 🤦‍♂️

[babana.7521]

New full host server is pretty dead, I am back to the no respond to call out, no one call out, even t3 towers has 0 tactivator installed, I want my previous link back....  

Edited July 30, 2023 by babana.7521

[Mabi black.1824]

16 hours ago, Riba.3271 said:

the system is stupid.

What makes the machine stupid, it's just the players. So your opinion makes it much better if: a lot of stupid players. Anet has nothing to do with this. They're just players who want to manipulate the mechanics. They don't want to play what Anet proposes. Why could they lose? Too complicated if you don't have twice as many numbers? I don't know. In fact a large number of players use alt or transfer to pack etc etc.