Sylvanas from BfA onwards may have been the result of a dev spat in the Cosby Suite

Ok, sure!!

This whole idea, that the game needed less capitals, is outright stupid. It effectively always had only the current expansion capital, and Stormwind/Orgrimmar outside of RP servers and specific quests. There is no real reason to bind your hearth to Undercity, Thunderbluff, Darnassus or Ironforge, let alone the BC-era capitals. All players were already funnelled to at most two cities.

And “destroying” Undercity and Darnassus didn’t even “get rid of” any capitals; they’re just behind a phase now. Levelers still pass through them as needed. Capped characters still visit them as needed. Nothing is gone from a mechanics perspective or from a convenience perspective (because both were already lacking in conveniences compared to SW/Org).

There is no benefit to “getting rid of” these two cities, and it’s dumb-headed logic to think they “needed” to be gotten rid of.

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