Other MMOs have a different take. EVE has a single, shared universe, which all players share all the time. World of Warcraft has 'worlds' - dedicated groups of servers shared between all players in that world, with characters unable to move between worlds.
In Guild Wars, players shared an instance within a district. All the players in English District 1 could see each other, interact, etc. When your party left a town or outpost, Guild Wars would create a new game instance - that just contained your party. You would only ever see and meet NPCs.
The only exceptions to this were a couple of missions in Guild Wars Factions, where a second party starting the mission would randomly be put in your instance. These missions were special, however, in that they required two parties (16 people) to complete. If no second party could be found, a party of henchmen would be created and would join you.
Guild Wars 2 changes things slightly. Firstly, multiple worlds or servers will exist, as in World of Warcraft. However, players will be able to freely move between worlds, in the same way you can easily change districts within a town or outpost in Guild Wars.
Instances will still be used for quests and dungeons. However, there will be persistent areas introduced, which will allow exploring players to meet and interact, in the same way current Guild Wars players can meet and interact in towns and outposts.
The changes to persistence and instancing in Guild Wars 2 seem to be an evolution rather than an evolution. ArenaNet seem to be expanding the possibilities slightly, but still allowing that segregation between players wanting to enjoy the PvE storyline and experience, versus those players looking for the PvP battles.
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