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I know us being all in the same guild/server doesn't make this that needed, but it DOES add something to the mix. Patch Date will be January 28th for the "January set-up patch".

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/guesting-is-coming/
Guesting is Coming!
by Martin Kerstein on January 16, 2013

CITIZENS, I have an important announcement to make.
Previously, we’ve talked about a feature called guesting, which allows you to play with your friends on other worlds. The wait is over! Guesting is coming to a world near you with our update on January 28th!
Before I go into more detail about how it will work and what kinds of restrictions exist, I want to talk about a very important change that will come with the introduction of guesting: free world transfers will no longer be available. With the current restriction of one transfer every 7 days in place, make sure that you will be on the world you intend to play on before January 28th, because after that date, you’ll have to pay a gem fee to transfer worlds.
With that out of the way, here is how guesting works:
Guesting allows you to play on a world other than your home world. Just follow these steps:
  • On the character select screen, click the “World Selection” button.
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  • Choose a world you would like to guest on and select the “Guest” button.
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  • Select any of your characters and select “Play” to log in to the world you picked.
Guesting comes with a few restrictions:
  • Because (different from a world transfer) we are not moving your character between data centers, you may only guest on worlds in the same region as your home world. Players on North American home worlds cannot guest on European worlds or vice versa.
  • You may not participate in World vs. World on your guest world. If you choose to enter World vs. World on the world you are guesting on, you’ll be moved back to your home world. If you want to play World vs. World on the world you’re guesting on, you must perform a full world transfer to that world.
  • You’re eligible to guest on only 2 different worlds at a time. Each time you guest on a world, that world becomes one of your eligible guest worlds for the next 24 hours. After 24 hours, you may choose to guest on a different world. You may log in to any world you are eligible to guest on as many times as you wish with no restriction.
  • Guesting on worlds that are full or highly populated increases your risk of being put into an overflow map.
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As I mentioned above, with the introduction of guesting there will no longer be free world transfers:
  • Transferring to a new home world will now cost a gem fee.
  • The gem fee for world transfers is based on the population of the world you want to transfer to. Transferring to a high population world will be more expensive.
  • Each account is still limited to one world transfer every 7 days.
  • Players will still not be able to transfer to worlds that are “Full.”
I am sure many of you are happy to finally being able to play on other worlds with your friends without having to leave your home world, so go forth and guest to your heart’s content (and hug the next quaggan you meet).
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Is guesting/the end of free transfers good or bad for us? I know friends of mine have had trouble getting on to Yak's Bend, so initially chose another server, then spammed the change server button until they got in. After this patch they'd have to pay. Of course, this also makes it possible for us to recruit on other servers. We aren't a big WvW guild so guesting onto Yak's Bend would not be a disadvantage in most cases.

What are your thoughts?
 
Diremongoose said:
Is guesting/the end of free transfers good or bad for us? I know friends of mine have had trouble getting on to Yak's Bend, so initially chose another server, then spammed the change server button until they got in. After this patch they'd have to pay. Of course, this also makes it possible for us to recruit on other servers. We aren't a big WvW guild so guesting onto Yak's Bend would not be a disadvantage in most cases.

What are your thoughts?
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The only concern I would have is the influence gains for the guild. All influence is by server and guild, so if you're not on yak's bend and on, say, ehmry bay, you're earning for the Ehmry Bay division of Arcanix, and not Yak's Bend. Other than that, I see no real difference.
 
i love that guesting is finally coming. my only concern is where I want to keep my home world since now it's permanent. I have my random group of friends who still play on Darkhaven (trying to convince them to switch here) but if they stay there then I could see myself WvW more with them and just guest over to yaks bend when I want to do more Pve/guild content with you guys.

on the flip side, I can stay here and randomly poke over to darkhaven to guest and help friends but never WvW with them. lmao
decisions decisions... WHY CANT THEY ALL COME HERE!!!!

anyways, before I make a decision on the matter, I was wondering what the guilds rules were on the matter. does yaks bend need to be my home world.. seeing that I can still earn the guild influence when I guest on yaks bend anyways? I'm still leaning on staying here on Yaks but I was wondering about the matter. Besides I cant miss out on quaggan WvW!!
 
Rylinn said:
i love that guesting is finally coming. my only concern is where I want to keep my home world since now it's permanent. I have my random group of friends who still play on Darkhaven (trying to convince them to switch here) but if they stay there then I could see myself WvW more with them and just guest over to yaks bend when I want to do more Pve/guild content with you guys.

on the flip side, I can stay here and randomly poke over to darkhaven to guest and help friends but never WvW with them. lmao
decisions decisions... WHY CANT THEY ALL COME HERE!!!!

anyways, before I make a decision on the matter, I was wondering what the guilds rules were on the matter. does yaks bend need to be my home world.. seeing that I can still earn the guild influence when I guest on yaks bend anyways? I'm still leaning on staying here on Yaks but I was wondering about the matter. Besides I cant miss out on quaggan WvW!!
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Yes, YB does in fact need to be your home world to be in the guild. The purpose is for influence gains and WvW. Can't guest for WvW events, and you'd gain influence for a different server.
 
Rylinn said:
fair enough, I'll stay :)
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Rylinn I am only saying this cause I don't want you to be unhappy long run. Please play on the server where you will be the happiest. Of course I want you to stay with us on Yak's Bend. But I also know that we have our lulls sometimes. So if you want to play with your friends more often, specially for WvW by all means be on that server. We want you as a part of the community more than anything else. But if that means you not having fun that is not our intention. So make your decisions accordingly :)
 
Gyoin said:
Why don't you just take care of that? That'll solve all your problems!
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lmao they all just transferred over today.. problem fixed :) staying on yaks bend YAY!!!! It took some tough negotiations but I worked it out for them to make the transfer.
 
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