Continuing the discussion from Rearranging and Removing Portals :
Not My Reddit Post
https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/ayeyhu/list_of_features_in_wow_that_make_the_world_feel/
One of the top reddit posts right now. Edited out the ones that were literally just meant as a joke (AKA removing classes because of PvP) and renumbered them (as well edited out the language not allowed on the WoW forums). But it brings to light the fact that Blizzard is extremely hypocritical in what they do.
Removing portals such as Dalaran Crater, which Alliance need
Fact of the matter is, the post makes good points. I would post this as a reply to the original thread, but I figured making it a linked post would be better, because quite frankly, any post in that thread gets lost, and this isn’t just about the removal of the portals, but rather, why Blizzard decided removing those portals were fine, but leaving in everything in this thread was fine.
Flight Master’s Whistle. Instead of seeing other players travel to and from WQs, they all just whisk away on a magical gryphon to turn in an Emissary. Bring back populated roads!
Stormshield portals. This is old content! Why are we encouraging exploration of old content? Remove these portals and make Stormwind great again.
Druids and Mages. They should be removed from the game because they are missing out on interacting with other players through endless teleports while everyone else needs to auto-flight everywhere.
CoT teleport in Shattrath. Why should veterans be forced to miss out on interacting with new players also afk flying to CoT to farm Deathwing? Plus the port requires grinding old rep. Old content! New players like new content.
Rogue teleport to Ravenholdt. Screw rogues, so just take this away.
Chromie teleport to Wyrmrest. Legion was so last year! Anyone still wanting to go to New Dalaran is losing out on the community in Stormwind. Let’s be good stewards.
Stirrups of any kind. Remember when exploring the world meant grouping up with randoms in the world to clear mobs in the way of your end goal? Stirrups encourage afk running in Tiragarde Sound, and let’s be honest. Do you want your community watching Netflix while running around your playground? Nah, they need to be engaged with your deep and impactful two-button rotations. Daze is meant to amaze.
As a corollary to 7, just remove tanks from the game. It’ll be better for my blood pressure They are immune to daze, so they’re missing out on community engagement! Unacceptable imo, this is an MMO after all.
Flying. This was a mistake. You know it. I know it. Everyone knows it.
Sharding. That rando who helped you kill an elite and snag that prestigious Tiny Azerite Splinter (fantastic word choice, Blizzard, can’t overwhelm the player base with impactful adjectives)? Guess what, you’ll never see him again. Sure, you might doom people on dead realms to never see another player again, but let’s not allow perfection to get in the way of better.
Demon Hunters. They can get to places no other class can. How does that help community engagement? By removing them, we can simultaneously put all classes on an even playing field and increase the average age of the player base.
The Horde. They get zeppelins, Alliance doesn’t? RIP World PvP. Shame on you for letting this one pass your world-class QA. Get rid of them.
War Mode. How can I appreciate the skimpy transmog of all the Void Elves in my group if they’re phased out? There’s no sense of pride and accomplishment there, so let’s revive server identity by screwing over the 12 Alliance on Illidan again.
Warriors. How are they to engage with other players speedrunning through Legion invasions if they can yeet themselves to Heaven? Too much.
Death Knights. Prior to Legion content, they can port to EPL. No other Alliance char can get there so easily. It’s not fair. Just put them back in the grave.
Monks. They get a free port to Sha of Anger? Nah fam. Don’t worry, nobody plays Monk anyway.
There’s a nifty little exploit where you can start a pre-made group and leave it to port out of an instance. Infinitely less engaging than walking back to the start with your other party members. (Huh? You’re not supposed to run old content with a party?)
Legacy scaling. Thank God 17 brought this to my attention. You want that invisible mount, you better bring a full raid group. Makes the old world feel more alive.
Zidormi. Why are we allowing time travel on command? The world can barely handle portals; just look at Outland or any capital that isn’t Stormwind. Plus, what does Zidormi allow? The exploration of gasp! Old content.
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Well at least Priests are off the hook. We don’t get anything neat like that!
A lot of classes don’t. It’s mostly just druids and mages.