Stop removing portals

[Maizou-proudmoore (Maizou)]

The Ironforge portal was recently restored on the PTR to the Boralus Portal room, there is also one in Ashran (Stormshield) that has been there all PTR long.

Which is fine and dandy for max level toons. However, I have no doubts the Stormshield Portal will act like the Hellfire Portal, etc. on live, and have a level restriction, so low level toons will still be forced to take the tram to get a quick port to Ironforge.

On top of this, The Greench can be done at a very low level. Expecting low level Alliance alts to fly from Stormwind to Hillsbrad (using the heirloom book) because they removed the Dalaran Crater portal, when previously they could easily just have had a mage port them to New Dalaran prior to the event and set their Hearthstone there for the crater, is not okay.

Again, my main issue is the Alliance no longer have an easy way to the top of Eastern Kingdoms because they removed the Dalaran Crater Portal. Our closest place is Stormwind or Twilight Highlands, both of which are a ~10-15 minute flight away.

And considering there’s one holiday that takes place up there, multiple dungeons up there (including one that drops a mount people farm), etc. that’s not acceptable. Especially when Horde have a portal in Orgrimmar to port up there.

[anon9085514]

When I read statements like this it kinda makes me not want the portals back now. I was on the side of how this is bad, about how its cruddy that Blizzard is flat out removing these portals, the fact that we need the portals back one way or another and you just can’t help but nitpick?

Nah, I hope none of the portals return now. In fact, part of me wants more portals removed and another tree burnt down >:T

Most of those portals are “earned” as more than one of them require you be a certain level to even use. That’s all the “earned” that should be required.

[Vespérale-moon-guard (Vespérale)]

I’m bored of Wrath of the Lich King Saronite Buildings the City and Yet Another Medieval Human Capital Except With Colored Roofs. Let me hang out in Thunder Bluff or Exodar without feeling like I’m sitting in a ghost town that’s miles away from literally anything of use.

“Does it make the world feel bigger” lol.

I’m just quoting to be sure this is not lost in the mass of people protesting, 'cause damn I agree with you there.

[Nillah-uldaman (Nillah)]

Depend; can I get those silks with 2019 graphism too? (Not relevant to current topic)

Man, I wish. I saw once on tumblr years ago, someone took screenshots of Suramar and flipped the colors so they were golds and reds to look like Silvermoon, and I fell in love. I’d kill to see an updated Silvermoon.

[Vespérale-moon-guard (Vespérale)]

Man, I wish . I saw once on tumblr years ago, someone took screenshots of Suramar and flipped the colors so they were golds and reds to look like Silvermoon, and I fell in love. I’d kill to see an updated Silvermoon.

God, I saw them. I wish for an updated Silvermoon so much.

[Leialoha-farstriders]

Then I take it back. And for the record, no, I don’t spend a lot of time reading every single post everyone has posted.

[Andros-thaurissan (Andros)]

When I read statements like this it kinda makes me not want the portals back now. I was on the side of how this is bad, about how its cruddy that Blizzard is flat out removing these portals, the fact that we need the portals back one way or another and you just can’t help but nitpick?

Nah, I hope none of the portals return now. In fact, part of me wants more portals removed and another tree burnt down >:T

Quality MVP right here.

[Desombras-stormrage (Desombras)]

I don’t think there ever has been in the capitals, the portals to all your faction’s cities reside in the current content hub, i.e. Boralus and Dazar’alor.

Yes, but we’ve had portals to those other cities for a long time. Why change things now?

I also vote against consolidating everything to SW/ORG, not sure anyone ever asked for that!

[Byucknah-agamaggan (Byucknah)]

Quality MVP right here.

And don’t you forget it

[anon9085514]

Quality MVP right here.

He’s being sarcastic. Even I picked up on it.

[Kyrex-wyrmrest-accord (Kyrex)]

I also vote against consolidating everything to SW/ORG, not sure anyone ever asked for that!

People have been asking to make other cities relevant for years.
Instead they just keep throwing every new vendor, service, feature, and portal into the two most bland, uninspired, and overused cities this game has ever conceived.

[Merridae-aerie-peak (Merridae)]

I understand that changes can throw people off a bit at first, but I also think they help keep the world of Azeroth feeling alive. When there are fewer portals, does the world feel a bit bigger to you? Do you like that? How difficult is it to get to the locations you mentioned without a direct portal (talking to everybody who isn’t a mage here ) ?

Do say hi to Ythisens for us on your way out won’t you? Oh whats that? You didn’t realize you were on your way out too? tsk. Last to know next to go.

[Byucknah-agamaggan (Byucknah)]

He’s being sarcastic. Even I picked up on it.

Yeah, as Teiah just said. I most certainly do not want the portals removed… To be honest, I don’t even want to have to “earn” them back but I am open to compromise in a situation like this if the Devs don’t want to flat out just give them back. Thus the whole “A way to unlock/earn them back” part of my statement. Yeah, it would suck, but the point being that no matter what we need these portals back one way or another.

I was simply being snarky in my post, as Teiah pointed out.

[Turbocharged-area-52 (Turbocharged)]

It took what? 14 years to determine this?

Your responses are just…I dunno man.

[Andros-thaurissan (Andros)]

We may be in a sarcasm spiral here… I don’t know how I feel anymore.

[Pyrofilia-zuljin]

FFXIV lets you port everywhere for fee… doesn’t really hurt gameplay IMO. Removing player convenience “just cause” sucks

[anon1268335]

I’d actually love to know if this was some sort of economic decision based on reducing server load or something…

It certainly doesn’t fit with Ion’s “only metric we care about is fun” claim.

[Lenagosa-ysera]

Nah, I hope none of the portals return now. In fact, part of me wants more portals removed and another tree burnt down >:T

You sound like my 6 yr old daughter… she will ask for something 10 different ways get no for 9 of them and on the 10th one stomp her foot and say she dont want w/e she was asking for… Are you upset someone told you not to ask for something? Will you stomp your foot now?

[Ymira-illidan (Ymira)]

enough time that it could be better spent playing other games.

[Nillah-uldaman (Nillah)]

You sound like my 6 yr old daughter… she will ask for something 10 different ways get no for 9 of them and on the 10th one stomp her foot and say she dont want w/e she was asking for… Are you upset someone told you not to ask for something? Will you stomp your foot now?

ITT: many people who can’t detect sarcasm