Aye they have the tech, I believe it is still in place for the Horde mission table on the open ship in BFA.
When a player gets right up to the mission table they are in a small phase where they are the only ones visibly at the table, so this issue does not occur.
It would work well (and better then ‘anti mounting auras’ personally) for things like this
Keyboard option to allow interaction with a bound key.
Do /tar name and then press the key.
Seriously, this behavior is so blaringly toxic. Also the lag it creates makes the process of just clicking an npc and getting through the quest dialog take SO LONG. I don’t understand why they didn’t apply the same mechanics as they do with the BfA npcs of fading out other players when you approach. It would have made SUCH a big difference in this limited experience.
Waited patiently a long time and I’m not happy right now.
I can here to post this exact complaint. And when I politely asked everyone to dismount they started being really hostile for no reason. This is ridiculous. I have had players say my complaint about people not disappearing in front of NPC’s is stupid, because it makes the areas feel more populated. Ok yeah, seeming populated is one thing, but when I can’t see what I am talking to it SUCKS!!!
Ask them to move their mount. If they don’t then just report. This way the report will be more justifiable in the eyes of blizzard. However if you don’t say anything, for all you know blizzard doesn’t know you intended to use the npc.
That excuse/complaint about ‘area populated’ is moot, the phase areas can be very small so people can stand next to the NPC and be able to talk to them without issue and still see all the players crowding outside a small ring around the NPC.
Players can stand at the mission table on the Horde ship in BFA and not have it be crowded due to the small phase around it, but still see players on all areas of the ship other then immediately by the table, even ones a few feet away on deck by the ramp onto the ship.