This was inspired by the portal mega thread. But I think it deserves its own post for discussion and visibility. This is only from an Alliance perspective for the sake of simplicity.
And you’d also be able to bind to a specific location and that would be listed at the top of the options. So let’s say you bound your hearthstone to your covenant location. When you use your hearthstone, it calls up a portal. When you click the portal you get a few options:
- Your currently bound location (your covenant hall for this example)
- Stormwind City
- Ironforge
- Wherever the new Night Elf town is
- Exodar
- Gilneas (Alliance needs a portal in the north part of the eastern kingdoms)
- Menethil Harbor
And wherever else it makes sense for the Alliance races. The Portal Room in Stormwind would remain as is for the last portal spot designated for the main hub in DF.
I think this should only become available after completing a quest to upgrade your hearthstone once you’re max level, however it becomes account wide so you can use it on alts.
This coupled with faster flying via dragon riding in the old world (with regular mounts too!) will make getting anywhere a bit easier and far more sensical.