Guild Wars 2 Server Locations

Where are the Guild Wars 2 Servers Located?

and for anyone curious, the European servers are located in Frankfurt, Germany. I did the pingtest from smoothping, and losangeles server gave me the best ping. HOWEVER, because the GW2 servers are located in Austin (texas), should I pick the Smoothping DALLAS server? or still the LA server?

How Many GW2 Servers are There?

There are 51 worlds in the two regions in the Western Hemisphere : 24 in the North America (NA) region and 27 in the European (EU) region; players share instances with others from the same region, but never with those from other regions.

Can you Change Servers on Guild Wars 2?

Both paidfor and free via a "guesting" system. Guild Wars 2 lets you swap worlds/servers that you play on once a week, if you wish, but for a fee. All characters linked to your account will migrate to your new home, and all subsequently created characters will live there unless you swap again as well.

Where are ArenaNet Servers?

ArenaNet's Jeff Strain explains a bit about this in this interview: "Our server infrastructure is actually kind of reflective of our core technology. We have data centres all over the world - we have data centres in Europe, data centres in the US, Korea, Japan and Taiwan.

Stormbluff Isle

The Stormbluff Isle is a small island in the northern section of the Bloodtide Coast. The island is split in two by a mountain range, with the Lionguard base at the Stormbluff Beacon in the west and pirates and other wildlife on the eastern half.

Does Guild Wars 2 have Servers?

Server: Players often use the term server as a synonym for world, comparing them to servers in other MMOs. However, in Guild Wars 2, map instances are created on a virtual server shared by all worlds.

Does it Matter what Server you are in Guild Wars 2?

It doesn't actually matter which server you join as far as playing with the Guild Wars 2 community because of the Mega-server algorithm.

What are the Servers in Guild Wars 2?

Fissure of Woe.
Desolation.
Gandara.
Blacktide.
Ring of Fire.
Underworld.
Far Shiverpeaks.
Whiteside Ridge.