Rearranging and Removing Portals

[Rekknots-lightnings-blade (Rekknots)]

This coming from the guy who blames the WoW community for Blizzard’s removal of Ythisens as a community manager.

Honestly man, there is nothing you can ever say that will make anyone think you are anything but a spineless shill. Blizzard could ban you and delete your account and you would still sing their praises.

[Idun-wyrmrest-accord (Idun)]

So where’s the explanation for removing portals to capital cities? You say the world needs to be bigger. Do you want people to ignore ironforge and Thunder Bluff?

[Fairlight-emerald-dream]

Really dig you taking the time to explain the philosophy behind decisions like these. It allows good discussion and - wether or not someone agrees, myself included - it still feels good, this communication.

Thanks

[Wasselin-thrall (Wasselin)]

This is actually what people claimed they wanted but I can see no value in having it because their reasoning isn’t all that great a lot of the times so it adds to the feeling they don’t even play their own game.

I actually agree with you for once Amine. I thought I wanted more communication from Blizzard, but when it just exposes faulty reasoning maybe it would have better remained a mystery.

[Enived-thrall (Enived)]

lol I just really enjoy the irony of Blizzard thinking that removing all the portals from the largest magical center on Azeroth and leaving a gutted, empty room for new players to scratch their heads at is “more immersive”

[Wolfsleigher-dalaran]

Southern EK for Horde
Northern EK for Alliance

Please keep Kara and Dal crater portals. Thank you

[anon57392818]

lol damn roasted

[anon44207803]

This is the same kind of “reasoning” behind removing or gating flight for so long.

[Jose-blackwater-raiders (Jose)]

However, we’ve seen how updates to the game can leave the means of accessing different areas feeling increasingly chaotic. For example— today if you go to the Cleft of Shadows in Orgrimmar, you’ll find it dotted with portals in a way that almost looks sporadic. We’re cleaning that up, and we see this as an opportunity to consolidate a lot of travel into a consistent venue with a consistent look and feel, and room for future growth when needed.

If you want to clean that up, the easy way to do it is to remove the portals, put in an NPC, and the NPC presents you a menu of destinations you can pick/choose from. Visually un-cluttered, elegant, simple.

That’s not why you’re doing this change and everybody knows it.

[Brahmina-khadgar (Brahmina)]

I thought I wanted more communication from Blizzard, but when it just exposes faulty reasoning maybe it would have better remained a mystery.

Nah. I like knowing they’re just oblivious rather than it all being some deep dark conspiracy to sacrifice us on the altar of their investors.

[Verdre-silvermoon (Verdre)]

I thought I wanted more communication from Blizzard, but when it just exposes faulty reasoning maybe it would have better remained a mystery.

Those who respect the law or love sausage should never see either one being made.

I’m reminded of that quote.

[anon23092290]

x 1000

Endorsed.

[Annalisee-moon-guard]

Get up to use the bathroom and powder my nose, as it were, for ten minutes and this post went from like 90 replies too over 300…

This isn’t going over too well, Blizz.

Maybe start listening to the play base like you keep saying your going too?

[Spanko-kiljaeden (Spanko)]

They will never listen to us lol. At this that’s how I feel right meow.

[Lorethelin-emerald-dream]

Time is money friend.

Precisely. Time is a currency in an MMO. Most MMOs are impossible to keep up with more than 2 max-level toons. Now the WoW community thinks they should be able to play 12+ characters and get similar rewards/perks as they do for their main. This inevitably leads to the game being streamlined into something not engaging just so people can do things faster. Convenience is the enemy of immersion. If I had my way, the only way people could Portal is Mages, Warlocks or Engineers.

[Dellexi-dalaran (Dellexi)]

Metro

Right now, another MMO is in explosive growth using the direct opposite approach to the one you are discussing.

Explain THAT.

Easy, that other MMO is not fused with activision.

[Rankin-shandris (Rankin)]

Maybe start listening to the play base like you keep saying your going too?

Nah, they’ll just tell us again how tabbing out of the game while flying makes the game more immersive.

[Vicktoria-area-52 (Vicktoria)]

“We hear you but we don’t care what you say, we do what we want

BTW, thanks for your continued sub monies.”

[Bobbydígital-illidan (Bobbydígital)]

who was complaining that it wasn’t big enough?

if you can teleport around, and these items are so prevalent, why ax some of those portals?

[Verdre-silvermoon (Verdre)]

Sorry. You made me laugh. I don’t know if that was a typo or intended. Either way, I needed it after the idiocy of the blue and green dimwits above.

At this that’s how I feel right meow.