The portal to Dornogal should not be on the second level of Orgrimmar’s portal room.
Especially in a new expansion, returning players/Timerunning toons should not have to run so far to access the new expansion’s portal in the main faction capital. Please replace an older portal with the Dornogal portal. I think there has been enough time between BfA and The War Within that the Zuldazar portal could be a proper swap.
This is just my idea, but in terms of early xpac gameplay, you want players funneled to the new zone, not all the old ones.
And if they haven’t played since BfA (this doesn’t apply to me), offer a second level 70 boost to them so they can get two toons up to max quickly to enjoy their experience in the War Within more. This also allows them to aquire the 10% Warband Mentorting XP boost earlier to level other toons up faster.
This would get more returning players and reflect well on gameplay and catchup mechanics. I want to play with my Dad again and this kind of incentive might make it happen.
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The issue is that the Org portal room is objectively worse than one in SW. Just going down those stairs you have a 50/50 chance of getting turned around and ending up back where you started. It’s basically a maze. The cherry on top is that there’s no light to navigate by.
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The orgrimmar portal room was always awkward to me. Ah right let’s put our portal transportation in the main wall defending the city. But yea, even on the Alliance side the Dornogal portal is in another section that isn’t the closest one. Might be interesting to give players speed buff in the portal rooms to reach those.
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I am the OP (switched my blizz prof to a more recent toon) and I agree. All the more reason the Dorn portal should be on the first level.
It’s awkward for sure.
Not really sure how people are getting lost in it, though.
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I agree the portal to Dorn should be on the top level. I think the BfA portal should stay up top though, because people use it to get to the BfA portal room to get to other faction cities.
I suggest either the Legion portsl to Azsuna or the MoP portal to Jade Forest be moved down. Pretty much everyone has a Legion Dalaran hearthstone, so I doubt the Azsuna portal gets much use.
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Same for Stormwind.
They put it on the second floor of the Mage Tower for some reason.
Swap a portal that’s barely used anymore, like the Shattrath Portal, Azsuna, or Jade Forest. Put the portal we actually need to use in a prime location.
I don’t even understand WHY they added a second floor to the Stormwind Portal Room.
The last time they ran out of portals, they just expanded the hallways. Why not do that again? Likewise, shrink the Orgrimmar Portals to fit more in one room. They don’t have to be as ginormous as they are. They’re literally like 2x the size of the Stormwind Portals.
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same happens in stormwind’s mage tower.
the main portal room is full of useless obsolete portals and the newer ones are hidden behind in another room lol
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It’s my biggest complaint about Horde interior designs. Dark and really hard to see.
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Portal to Dornogal.should be swapped with Crystalsong Forest old Dalaran portal.
Both Stormwind and Orgrimmar portals.
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While we’re at it, can we make the Zuldazar portal like it was before and take us into the portal room of Zuldazar and not way down by the docks?
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For sure. I agree that those are better swaps, Zuldazar was just the first that came to mind. Way better idea in terms of longevity though.
They really could just change the room layout, if they bump a portal to secondary area better choice would be an older portal
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So, thinking of another alternative - why not put the new portals at the Embassies? It makes sense for the Allied Races to pop out from there, so you could plant the portals there. And the older portal rooms don’t have to be swamped. I do agree they could use a redesign though.
And for those confused, plant a Portal Guide or some NPC at the entrance that tells you exactly where to go for which portal, or can teleport you in front of the portal.
They don’t need to shift portals around every time we get a new expansion. It’s fine where it is.
I don’t think anyone wants to go into that room and find a new layout to remember every few years.
OP is right. They should make you run to Gadgetzan to catch a boat to an island instance that has a mole machine where you have to solve 3 unweave puzzles, 2 pipe puzzles, and an extreme lights out puzzle to activate the portal there (failure automatically teleports you to other titan facilities in error).
That’s what the Classic team would do (/s).
On a more serious note, reading the room… it’s almost like people don’t know Hearthstones exist or invest on the many ways to teleport around freely from trinkets/rings.
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