Odd/arbitrary portal usage and other minimum level requirements

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Today, while attempting to get Horadric Haversack bag for my banker alt, I noticed a number of arbitrary level limitations, some of which are especially odd. I don’t believe that all of these would be intended by someone who understands the game and would like to encourage Blizzard devs to review some of these:

Firstly, to equip the Horadric Haversack bag requires level 10… why? It’s a bag. The character can, however, try for it and loot it regardless of their level.

A character cannot go to Valdrakken via the portal unless they’re level 58. OK, seems unnecessary, especially if there’s going to be an event that drops something any level character can use, and the city is safe (it’s a sanctuary)… but there isn’t any restriction to going there through a mage portal or getting summoned via a warlock, so if it’s not going to be enforced across the board, why create an unnecessary hurdle anyway?

The portals in Valdrakken that return back to Orgrimmar and Stormwind, oddly, also have the same level 58 requirement… so if I manage to get there, I can’t get back? Weird.

I also noticed that a character is allowed to pickup a Dalaran hearthstone from Legion Dalaran, but they’re not allowed to use it until level 10. Also, if they got mage ported to get to Legion Dalaran, they cannot use the portal to get back to Stormwind or Orgrimmar unless they are level 10…

Also, level 10 cannot use some of the other portals in the portal room, including Jade Forest… but if the level 10 made it to Jade Forest, they CAN get back to Orgrimmar or Stormwind without restriction… also possible to do so via either Shrine. That last part is good, but seems inconsistent with the above weirdness but OK.

A newly created Dracthyr cannot enter an instance until after 24 hours… account age doesn’t matter… not sure what this solves when it’s not a new account.

Lastly, and this is more of an FYI, use of the scouting map toys to learn flight paths triggers the explorer achievements for every zone, which I suppose is intended, but it should be noted that the character can then no longer receive experience once they actually visit those areas… it was a bit of a bummer to find this out and I suppose acceptable but was unfortunate to discover when I was attempting to get my level 5 banker alt up to level 10.

The short version of this is perhaps the inconveniences of these restrictions, some of which are clearly not thought through, are something devs should consider avoiding. Games are supposed to be fun, not frustrating and filled with these kinds of roadblocks.

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it’s viewed as a boost, because the character starts at a high level.

hearth?

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That’s not the point of the post. Superfluous restrictions are the point. Putting this on Blizzard’s radar is the point. FYI after I had the level 5 ported to Valdrakken, I went to the innkeeper and set the hearthstone to there. Same could have happened in Legion Dalaran. The character would then be stuck there forever without the help of someone. Limiting a portal to level 10 and up which goes back to Orgrimmar/Stormwind shouldn’t even be a thing to begin with. It’s as if there was a box to fill “minimum level to use” and the dev responsible just put something there for the sake of filling the box. I just can’t imagine any reason why a portal back to the capital city would have any restriction whatsoever.

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you wouldn’t have been able to get there without the help of someone.
…expecting to need help to return, isn’t exactly an odd requirement.

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I believe some of the restrictions mentioned were arbitrary/inadvertent. Note, you are replying to a post on the bug report forum. Please don’t create more work for Blizzard employees when they have to wade through unnecessary and unhelpful commentary. I’m sure you can find other threads/forums to move along to. Thank you.

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I am aware of that.

I just don’t see how it can be considered a bug when you need assistance to get to a place, then discover you also need assistance to get back from that place.

The world is intended to be accessed naturally, by characters of the appropriate level.

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Do not hijack bug reports. It is generally frowned upon. If you don’t get why, I don’t know what else to say.

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It appears that all the loot in the event has a minimum level of 10. They’re probably figuring that the level 1 somebody rolled for the purpose of farming the event will be at level 10 in an hour or two.

Using certain portals requires unlocking the zone by doing an introductory series of quests, which are available at level 10. There is no content in these zones you are finding issue with that have content intended to be done by a level 10.

A portal that requires a level 45 to use it in a zone that is level 30 would clearly be a bug. What you are seeing is working as intended.

You are the first player I have ever heard of who ships level 5’s to other zones. I say that as a player who has done the introduction starting lines on level 10’s in all zones they are intended to quest in. I suggest you continue to use whatever workaround you are currently using, because they aren’t going to change all portals and level questing requirement to accommodate one guy.

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As I said to the other poster, please refrain from hijacking a bug report. Unhelpful commentary/opinions such as “I don’t think it’s a bug”, or “I don’t think they’ll fix it”, etc., just waste my time, yours, and Blizzard’s. Shtap.

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It is not unlikely that the “bug” is the fact that your low level was able to use any of these portals at all. And since you pointed out the inconsistency, they may now be planning on fixing it.

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You are aware that by posting additional commentary that you’re making someone at Blizzard’s job harder? This is a bug report forum, not general. As it may seem hypocritical that I’m also now adding to what someone will spend time reviewing, I’m only doing so because you and the other person seem to like to spend a tremendous amount of time posting 10’s of thousands of times, so it is my hope now that you understand the purpose of a bug report and have some respect for Blizzard employees who have to wade through this. Again, this is not general chat.

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correct.
and a large amount of what people think are bugs, aren’t.

most of my time spent posting in this forum section, is helping people with their “not actually a bug” issues, which they’ve reported as bugs.
Players helping to resolve issues, reduces time spent when it comes to having to sift through bug reports.