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No more portals in Dal, Shatt?
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YesterdaysHero
Why not!
Because you don't keep up to date on the goings on of WoW.
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Post by
xaratherus
Here's why
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Post by
Sinespe
Here's why
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I really like Bashiok after reading that.
+1.
"Think about
that
for a while."
Post by
Squishalot
Here's why
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I really like Bashiok after reading that.
+1.
"Think about
that
for a while."
"Too bad there's not a <frame> option. I'd like to hang this on the forum wall."
Indeed.
Post by
Bawkxy
Because i'm a mage. :D
Post by
Kailhun
Because i'm a mage. :D
"Enjoy it while it lasts mages. Because it won't.", apparently.
Wonder what that means.
OT: I prefer the world without portals. It makes me feel more immersed somehow. It makes the distances more real.
Of course, based on the time it takes to get from A to B Azeroth would fit into a large RL city.
Post by
bearmug
Because i'm a mage. :D
"Enjoy it while it lasts mages. Because it won't.", apparently.
Wonder what that means.
Means that people at 80 will stop putting HS in Dalaran and go back to old world.
With massive increase in FPs, Exodar connected to normal FPs and lack of jumping from one zone to other 5 times per hour, there will not be such big need for portals any more.
Post by
Boffin
Because i'm a mage. :D
"Enjoy it while it lasts mages. Because it won't.", apparently.
Wonder what that means.
Means that there are going to be portals from Orgrimmar and Stormwind to the new 80+ zones (you can already ask for directions to their site from the city guards), and the major practical reason for requiring portals in Shattrath and Dalaran - i.e. access to capital-city services like trainers and AH - has already been taken care of.
Post by
Sarilyn
Quoted by Bashiok in the thread linked, don't know the original poster:
Gone are the days of running from continent to continent to turn in random quests or find new zones to level in. You can easily move from zone to zone in one region, getting all the way to 60 without leaving the continent if you wish.
That's great. Really, it is.
But unfortunately, I don't wish. I like changing the scene around when doing quests. I may get tired of questing in one zone, and want to go somewhere else that's of a similar level. Depending on my mood, I may do this several times per level. I'm sorry I don't play the same way as everyone else.
I am not a fan of traveling in the game, as I've mentioned before I think it's one of the single worst aspects of WoW. Time spent traveling is time
not
spent actually playing. I'm not paying for time so I can sit back and watch a scenic flight path or wait for a ferry a hundred times over. Travel is ridiculously boring, and any increase in time spent traveling is just more time I can't actually do what I want -- play the game.
However.
Not only do I know that any criticism of the portal removal will be regarded as whining and crying and throwing a tantrum (no matter how rationally I try to discuss it), but I'm also willing to give Blizzard the benefit of the doubt. I understand that change is often hard to accept, but in time I may grow to actually enjoy the lack of portals. At the moment I have severe doubts, but we'll see how it is in two months or so.
Post by
Banehallow
Trade chat is full of mages trying to sell portals, I asked where was the portal in Orgrimmar to Blasted Lands, got 3 "I can port you to Shatt for 10-15g" QQ
Post by
Interest
Here's why
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I really like Bashiok after reading that.
Agree.
Especially that last bit.
Post by
Pwntiff
But unfortunately, I don't wish. I like changing the scene around when doing quests. I may get tired of questing in one zone, and want to go somewhere else that's of a similar level. Depending on my mood, I may do this several times per level. I'm sorry I don't play the same way as everyone else.
If that's how you do things, that's fine. I've just got two things to say about:
You always have had long travel times between similar level zones, at least as Horde.
Don't knock the new zones until you've tried them. Maybe the scenery hasn't changed much, and maybe a lot of the old quests are still basically there, but flow is much better.
I'll use Mulgore as an example of the last point. I've done that zone several times, and even though most of the 5-10 quests haven't changed much at all, the zone has been greatly improved. The 1-5 area isn't "Grab two quests -> Do them -> Grab two more quests for the same place -> Repeat." There's actually a sense of purpose and actually repelling the Quilboar. Also, they've removed the running from Red Cloud Mesa to Bloodhoof Village and the running from Bloodhoof Village to Thunder Bluff by turning you into a spirit guide rather than following one. You also don't need to climb up and down Thunder Bluff four or five times and also hunt down a kodo that roams half the zone. I've always loved the zone despite it's tedium, but I think a lot of people who hiked their Tauren to Durotar or Eversong will stay in Mulgore. It really is much better, and I can only assume that most of the other classic zones are improved upon as well.
They added linearity and overall story to zones, and while you can probably drop one zone entirely and go to another, you may have to start the zone from the beginning quest-wise.
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