How populated is guild wars nowadays?

I'm thinking of really getting into it, but it seems like it might sorta be a dead game.

It's not dead if you're new.
Oh, and to answer your question, theres still a lot of people who play it. And for the areas of the game which aren't as populated, that's why there are heroes and henchmen.

How dead is the game I haven't left my guild hall in ages?

as of the last data relay i received, the guild wars population is 24,386 players.

It's not dead, just spread thin. There's a lot you can do with just hench but try and find a good active guild or a guild in a good alliance.

Try getting in to Kadaman Amreican Dis 1 around 6pm EST and ull see where alot of people are.

Did that "data relay" get beamed into your head by the mother ship?

/sarcasm off

Seriously though, how does one find that kind of information out? I know in fps games you can just check the server list, but for gw....

I really do want to know!



/sarcasm on

Note to self: get back to the mother ship and continue to beam numbers into Rhamia's head. Muahahahahahaha!

if u wanna see if the game is dead or not, wait till the grenth vs dwayna event and go to Kamadan or LA .

special events don't count

everyone who doesnt play will get on for some freebies and rare title building events

Yeah, but at the same time, special events are the only time where 90% of the GW population will be centered in the same places/towns, making it actually possible to guess how many people are online.

Just keep in mind 4 million copies have been sold. That random 29k number is WAY too low.

It's still possible to get teams together, just have a little patience. It's not dead, just a little sleepy.

Arenanet does not release numbers for active accounts. I would guess it's ~1 million.

id say still pretty populated
I mean I've played for 3+ years so it's not wat it was
But still u can normally find a group for most things

Well, beside that rather random number there I don't think anyone knows.
But what counts for me is:

A). Still have a very active guild and alliance
B). Still enough players to sell mods and rarities to me in major trade hubs (Kamadan AD's)
C). Still able to Pug a bit here and there (DoA, UW, AB, HA), although I admit it's not noob friendly places and newcomers might have a hard time in those areas.
D). Still able to get a game without waiting toooo long in HB or GvG; with mediocre ranks that is.

Not having felt that I miss a larger player base, although in HA for example it's either highly organized ranked guild groups or totally random no-vent groups. So yeah its thinning out but doesn't affect me personally.

Seems like everything concentrates though on American Districts more and more. Euro english is a desert by now in most places.

i belive going into options eg f11 (defult) will give you the amout of players online at the bottom

yes they did
if i remember correctly they said they have 5 million copies sold on their website and have 500.000 active players
but that was a while ago

You trying to be funny? To the last of my Knowledge that is game build we are playing.

I wouldn't say the game is dead...Yet.

Note to self : Find a new guild :P

ok the one million quote i feel is way too much, think bout it
i my self have 2 accounts main has all 3 games plus gwen,
account 2 has factions and nf.
wife has 2 accounts main with all 3 +gwen, second with all 3 no gwen
so between wife and i we have purchased 12 copies of the 4 to 5million that have sold.

i have seen people on here speak of many accounts, one guy him and wife each had like 10 accounts, that is a potential of 40 games sold.

i would put it bout 750000 people own guild wars ranging from 1 account with 1 game to 1 account all 3 games + gwen to alot of people with multi accounts.

now based on guild / alliance activity not only in mine but in other guilds i know average guild activity is bout 20 ppl per 24 hours active on average out of guild bout 50most ppl have other games, work,school keeping them busy so game when they can find time. this game is setup as a game when you have time which is why ppl like it that still play. no monthly fee pressuring them to log in daily.

my personal guess based on 2.5years of steady gaming and some days watching and selling there are most likely less than 100000 logging in over a 24 hour time period, and i would say number is closer to 60000

now 100000 ppl per day logging over 24 hours works out to 4166 per hour logging in now if we average over 4 games that is 1041 per game including gwen per hour.if there are say say 25towns/missions places/dungeons per game average that works out to like 41 people in any town at any given time on average and of course certain towns will have more and others less but i feel this is prolly a good guess, from a number i pulled out of thin air.

imo, this guy has been the most accurate so far

but where it matters (actually pugging with other ppl)
it will feel like there r less than 1000 ppl online at one time

only the most populated areas like uw/fow/doa/etc will it be easy to find a pug
non-popular elite missions will be difficult to find a pug
random missions will be dependent on luck to find a pug
most quests will be near impossible

since most ppl that r online treat gw as a single-player game nowadays

compared to when prophecies first came out,
when ppl actually treated gw as a multi-player game


this is, of course, all talkin bout pve

pvp is far from dead imo
(in terms of ppl doin it)
some consider it dead as in stale/boring/not wut it used to be
but for a new person, this shouldnt be a factor

I agree. I think that the thing that killed the PVP was the Hero's. Now you do not need to play with 8 people only with 2. That is not exactly Mulit Player

I lol'd.

I'd estimate 70,000 people, and at least 1/10 of those are at some outpost or town.

Just Pre-searing alone seems busy At least more then I remember years ago. People are still playing and will till it goes offline

There definitely is some disparity in where people tend to be, but overall, at least the PvE side, still has a strong player base.

If you are a new player, the game isn't quite dead but it's health isn't too good. There are a few things to keep in mind.

- because the game is now spread over 3 campaigns plus an expansion, and there are not as many active players as there was, there are not as many people in any one outpost as there used to be.

- although there are still people looking to form groups in many of the outposts, much of the time they are looking for something particular like "Norn faction farming", or Hard Mode vanquishing, or whatever, and not so much just wanting to do a particular quest or mission.

Therefore, it's best to join an active Guild in order to have a better chance of forming a group. In addition (or instead), you need to learn how to equip and use Heroes and Henchmen.

EotN, NF, and Factions means that there's a lot of places to be for a reasonably sized, if not all that large, playerbase to be.

Umbral Grotto, Kaineng Center, Temple of the Ages, Kamadan, and Lion's Arch still remain popular spots to get your ping into the 2k range because there's so many people.

Also, a lot of you are forgetting guild halls. I know whenever I log in there's about 5-10 people in my guild hall, getting ready to do something or having just done something.