Rearranging and Removing Portals

[Taienna-aerie-peak (Taienna)]

Toys are on an Account wide Cooldown. At least they were last time I checked. If they’re now on a toon specific CD, I’ll gladly retract my statement.

I’d never heard that they were. Just picked a the first one I saw with a long CD (Arcano-Shower, 1h), and I was able to use it right away on another char after the 1st.

Maybe some are?

I know one portal generator I have is a 4 hour CD.
Absolutely useless for travel. A joke novelty, nothing more.
Another, the MOP version, is 15 minutes which MIGHT be close to acceptible since it’d give me time to farm…but it lands us in a random spot in Pandaria and so again, totally useless as a meaningful mode of travel.
If other items work remotely the same, theyre trash compared to the portals we’ve used for quite some time now without it being a stinking problem

[Nobully-blackrock (Nobully)]

No…for US. Not those of you who dont care about the portal removal. There was nothing to be explained to those of you who dont care about the removals.

why do you seem to think that the removal of portals will only impact specific people?

A list of comments have referred to earlier incarnations of the game and how they didnt need portals.

places which didn’t exist, didn’t need portals.
obv.

[Elestial-moonrunner (Elestial)]

All it does is slow down the game even more which seems to be the main objective in any decision by blizzard these days.

[Verdre-silvermoon (Verdre)]

I meant of the 60 hours total, 10+ of it was wasted in slow travel or annoying mechanics. Thought I was clear about that. Sorry.

[Dathrel-malfurion (Dathrel)]

Also learned that some of the chosen portals are really illogical ones. Jade Forest and Azsuna. Why would portals go there? Yes, there’s currently a Jade Forest portal, but if it’s being merged into Shrine portals as a single one for Pandaria access, then it should phase based on whether you’ve unlocked Shrine access (completed the Vale unlock quests) or not.

Azsuna, meanwhile, is just stupid. The existing portal is to Legion-Dalaran. Have it go there. I know you don’t want to confuse with Wrath-Dalaran, but that can be solved with markers, or switching Wrath-Dalaran to Wyrmrest. Cutting access to the most recent expansion, and the most recent version of Dalaran from a lore perspective… that just seems stupid.

Portals that should definitely be in portal room:
-Exodar/Silvermoon
-Shattrath
-Wyrmrest or Wrath-Dalaran
-Shrines
-Stormshield/Warspear
-Legion-Dalaran

Could have Karazhan be Horde-only, because it’s harder for them to get to, and then have some sort of similarly difficult to reach place for Alliance. I can’t think of anywhere that’s difficult for the Alliance to reach though. Alternately you could just have both have Karazhan.

[Nobully-blackrock (Nobully)]

you were. crystal.

this thread seems to have a common theme of people “interpreting” posts.

[Taienna-aerie-peak (Taienna)]

why do you seem to think that the removal of portals will only impact specific people?

Because no one who is TRULY having their time WASTED by this joke can sit here with a straight face and approve of this circus side show.
IF it affects someone and they still approve one has to wonder how little they value THEIR time.

[Taienna-aerie-peak (Taienna)]

places which didn’t exist, didn’t need portals.

classic was SMALLER than the game is NOW.
Some saying the CLASSIC group approves, as they have here, is meaningless.

[Hocksy-emerald-dream]

I personally came back after 13 years to find an entirely different game with many enjoyable things to do and things to collect in tons of content I missed out on. I often go to those places to try to collect things from them.

While I love the new portal room I loathe that we are losing some of the most convenient portals for quick access to things I personally haven’t collected. So yes, I hate it.

I hate that Blizzard devs and CMs think this change will some how make me enjoy traveling through the world more. I don’t enjoy traveling. If anything this is going to make me travel through the world less, just not bother to try and get those transmogs, pets, and mounts I wanted. It’s not going to be worth it to travel the extra distance only to be disappointed when I don’t win the ultra-rare loot lotto.

All I want is the same travel convenience we had before. I don’t want the world to “feel bigger” just because it takes longer to get places. That’s not a change that improves my game experience. That’s a change that degrades my game experience.

Might want to think about more than how this personally affects you or screws people who aren’t playing the game the way you think they should. It’s a big game, there are many ways to play it, and there are many people who are going to be impacted by this in ways you don’t understand.

out of likes have my thumbs

[Tarc-fenris (Tarc)]

yeah…sorry…but it does.

And yet, as wrong as you actually are, you can’t do anything about it.

T minus 60 hours.

[Sabbia-moonrunner (Sabbia)]

It’s on you because one side is easily quantifiable while the other has no actual argument shown so far outside of “reasons.” When I can count the number of portals and see something being removed, that is easy to cry foul over. If you tell me that the issue isn’t a big deal, you need to provide the evidence to support that reasoning because, like I said, all I have to do is count.

Admittedly, burden of proof wasn’t the best way to say it.

[Pyromor-shandris (Pyromor)]

Ohhh,ok,looked at that wrong,

[Taienna-aerie-peak (Taienna)]

Cutting access to the most recent expansion, and the most recent version of Dalaran from a lore perspective… that just seems stupid.

And clearly done with some agenda in mind.
These guys cant wrap their heads around the fact that this is the BEGINNING of something with these portal removals.
$100 bill says the next couple steps are going to tick even more players off.
I personally aint sticking around to find out what it is.
May is my sub expiration at which point Im gone if they stay on their current path of self destruction with this game.

[Rankin-shandris (Rankin)]

Our opinions that the change isn’t a big deal is just as valid as yours who thinks the sky is falling.

If the change isn’t a big deal, then it wouldn’t be a big deal to revert it. Yet here you are fighting tooth and nail against anyone who dares to question Blizzard.

[Tarc-fenris (Tarc)]

Could have Karazhan be Horde-only, because it’s harder for them to get to

Mages can port to Stonard, otherwise a portal to the blasted lands puts you near enough.

[Taienna-aerie-peak (Taienna)]

Our opinions that the change isn’t a big deal is just as valid as yours who thinks the sky is falling.

If the change isn’t a big deal, then it wouldn’t be a big deal to revert it. Yet here you are fighting tooth and nail against anyone who dares to question Blizzard.

Arguing for removal of something he CLAIMS to use that only serves to waste his time when it is removed.

I guess my time means more to me than his does to him.

[Pyromor-shandris (Pyromor)]

Could ride to karazhan if you like spiders

[Taienna-aerie-peak (Taienna)]

It’s on you because one side is easily quantifiable while the other has no actual argument shown so far outside of “reasons.” When I can count the number of portals and see something being removed, that is easy to cry foul over. If you tell me that the issue isn’t a big deal, you need to provide the evidence to support that reasoning because, like I said, all I have to do is count.

Admittedly, burden of proof wasn’t the best way to say it.

Lord…dont go making logical sense in here.

[Alorein-wyrmrest-accord (Alorein)]

Man, your post history is ripe with brown nosing and gulping down that Blizzard cream special. Attacking anyone who dare besmirch your dearly beloved Blizzard even as they screw you over.

Do you get a check in the mail or do you get stock options, is there a yes man union you had to join?

[Tarc-fenris (Tarc)]

If the change isn’t a big deal, then it wouldn’t be a big deal to revert it.

This is literally the most ridiculous, last-ditch tactic you’ve come up with yet.

They’ve chosen to do this for a specific reason. We all know…painfully and with much repetition…how much you disagree with their decision. Yet it stands nonetheless.

“Hey. Just, um, don’t do the thing that you’re about to do on March 12th, kk?” is not a compelling argument.