Rearranging and Removing Portals

Chakarron-area-52 · March 7, 2019, 5:24am

Do it. Game is much more fun and immersive, you know Wow has gone to sh*t when doing boring stuff in FF14 is more attractive than their raids. Truth be told I could be just loving the change of scenery after 15 years of wow. (I never stopped my sub since I started playing in vanilla until now)

Rankin-shandris · March 7, 2019, 5:25am

Right, whatever. You’ve proven time and again that you’re just here to insult us. Now shoo along and go find one of those 100 topics that you think are so much more important.

Lorethelin-emerald-dream · March 7, 2019, 5:25am

That’s your opinion and it is just that; an opinion.

Mobilediablo-spirestone · March 7, 2019, 5:25am

But what about people who actually want to get their Legion class questlines done? The entire reason for those portals to exist in Dalaran in the first place is because of those questlines.

Aelindriax-emerald-dream · March 7, 2019, 5:25am

Is this better?

Hocksy-emerald-dream · March 7, 2019, 5:26am

Kyraz:

Abendroth:

Please… the bulk of the population won’t leave. Only those that consistently complain about this and that and the most meaningless problems threaten to leave and probably won’t.

I’m guessing that you have not been paying attention to the fact that you are not in Kansas any more and WOW does not have even 10 million players now.
By some estimates, it does not even have 5 million any more.

A few words to Blizzard:

People are leaving alright and they will keep drip dripping out of the game as long as the current iteration of devs is determined to gate, time gimp, or remove anything that players think is fun.

The devs made a lot of players rethink how Blizzard views and knows their player base when they tried to remove flying.

We all learned that they really do not know their players, or what is important to them.

They were forced to rethink their decision when the whole WOW world blew up over it, so they decided that if they could not take it away from us, they would turn it into the holy grail of carrots.

Pathfinder now requires everything from dungeons and raids (which shuts out entirely some players who will never be able to obtain flying in the game), long rep grinds and staggered pieces, over the course of the expac, that are kept secret until revealed.

This was not a compromise…it was a dictate ,from the devs to the players, that this is the only way we will ever let SOME of our players fly again. As for those who cannot meet all of the requirements, too bad.

I am still waiting to see what will be required in Pathfinder Part 2 and whether flying will be out of my reach, or not.

Now, once again, you have determined that players, who are not focused on end game only, will not be supported in the game play that they enjoy.

These players are the ones who sub all year long, not just when the new content patchs hit, because they have things to do when new content is completed. They never run out of things to do.

They are positive emergent players who actually add to your time metrics obsession, yet you repeatedly shut them out by refusing to understand and support the varied ways people play this game.

I don’t see how much clearer it can be that you are taking the fun out of WOW for a large number of your players and pinning all of your hopes on the dungeoneers and raiders to stay subbed even when the content droughts hit.

In your “new vision” for WOW, and in your quest to turn more players into raiders (whether they want it or not), you have turned your back on a large portion of your player base.

Some players simply do not want to do dungeons and/or raids and some, like myself, who used to love the group instance content, can no longer be a positive factor to a group due to physical limitation.

I have been a constant sub, never taking a “break”, for 12 years.
In return, you have basically told me that you will take the things that are left for me to do and obtain and give them only to players who meet your standard of playing the game correctly according to your “new vision” for the game.
Too bad for me.

There are a lot of players, like me, who are hanging on by their fingernails. Most of the people that I used to play with have already left. I am just a couple of “straws” from doing the same.

I simply have lost my trust in Blizzard and in the devs who simply do not understand, nor do they seem to care that a lot of the players in this game do things and go places in this fantasy world that we love, all year long, and those portals aid them in what they do.

These are the players who bring in the constant sub payments, buy your store stuff and help to make your player metrics look good. They feel betrayed that their faith in you has been rewarded by a string of things that you have removed from their ability to obtain and by your lack of support for their styles of play.

It seems even a few portals, so they can continue to play (and pay), is too much for you to allow them as appreciation for their long time loyalty.

With trust waning and communication barely existent these days, many of us are sadly aware of the fact that you are barely even listening any more. The sheer futility is almost enough to make someone want to quit.

I am really on the fence right now and am having to decide if your lack of loyalty to your long time players, is deserving of more years of loyalty from me.

Sorry this is so long. I just figured since you created the thread for “feedback” I would just let it all out, even though my rational side is pretty sure no one is listening.

JMO

These portal deletions don’t directly have an effect on my accounts except as symptoms. My unsubbing will be caused by something I see coming soon…removal of flight in WM.
The more things they remove or delete, the more players unsubscribe and move on. And in reality, most of those who leave do not return.

Verdre-silvermoon · March 7, 2019, 5:26am

Crepe made a similar comment about the Druid Travel button when they unified all the forms under one button.

“This is a Solution looking for a Problem.”

Rankin-shandris · March 7, 2019, 5:26am

The Northrend-Dalaran portal to CoT is going bye bye.

Doesn’t help with alts, also takes up bag space.

A bunch more items to hold (and grind for on alts) just to go to places we used to be able to portal to.

Nillah-uldaman · March 7, 2019, 5:27am

You know what’s really cool about Yoshi-P (the lead producer), he will frequently log into a random server and get mobbed by hundreds of players, and take the time to answer a bunch of their questions. He does his own Q&As. The man doesn’t even speak english, but he still tries.

Soeroah-alexstrasza · March 7, 2019, 5:27am

Are you absolutely certain about the CoT portal in Northrend Dalaran? Isn’t the rep-locked? And can you confirm she’s still there on the PTR?
What about Throne of Thunder? As far as I can tell they’re moving the closest portal to that a zone further away.

Rekknots-lightnings-blade · March 7, 2019, 5:27am

Having an opinion that 99% of the people here also have doesn’t make anyone a sheep. However, I understand for some teenagers that going against the grain so they can act like they are edgy is important, however I am certain that you will grow out of that phase.

Luonah-moon-guard · March 7, 2019, 5:27am

And tedious. Very tedious.

Rankin-shandris · March 7, 2019, 5:28am

The Shattrath NPC is the one that requires Keeper of Time rep, and I believe she’s the only one that’s staying.

Taienna-aerie-peak · March 7, 2019, 5:28am

I worked for a guy 20 years ago for a bit who bought a bunch of new machines for the company.
when they were wiring everything up the guy who did the computer work for our business had laid it all out so the wiring would be as minimal as possible and thus less likely that anything would damage said wiring.

the boss comes in and takes his plans from him and lays HIS version down that literally had the machines on the opposite side of the room, which doubled the wiring required and the time needed to install it all and left 50 feet of exposed wiring running across the floor.

There was absolutely no reason the machines had to be there other than “I said so”

Some people are just control nuts. They really cant help themselves and they seem to get satisfaction from letting everyone know who the boss is even when their way is the wrong way and everyone knows it.

Aelindriax-emerald-dream · March 7, 2019, 5:29am

I’ve insulted no one. On the contrary, however, I have been insulted for merely sharing my opinion on agreeing with something unpopular.

Soeroah-alexstrasza · March 7, 2019, 5:29am

Until Blizzard remembers her, I suppose.

Chakarron-area-52 · March 7, 2019, 5:29am

So who wants to bet whose jobs are gonna get cut once the subs dip even deeper than the marianas trench?

My bet

Bornakk and Kaivax

and yeah report and ban me another 24 hours for harassment if it makes you feel better I am not the one losing my job if the subs go even lower. Again Update your LinkedIn you gonna need them after this PR nightmare.

Taienna-aerie-peak · March 7, 2019, 5:30am

alt posting, are we?

Orognar-bleeding-hollow · March 7, 2019, 5:30am

What this says to me and I’m certain countless others: It doesn’t matter how unified the playerbase is in how it feels about something, we will do what we want and you will deal with it.

Hardwire-velen · March 7, 2019, 5:30am

And yet, the devs seem to believe the way to make the world feel alive is to make traveling to it a bigger pain.