So, I’ve been watching the episodes of the wow forever podcast, where the devs diskuss the importance and benefits of travel. I largely agree on the points they bring up. However there are parts of traveling that does not contribute to any of the core pillars of the game.
I don’t mind running over the world on foot, hell I even enjoy 1-40 more, partially for the journey.
What I don’t like though, is taking a flight from Brackenwall village to Camp Taurajo, watching the windrider scratch it’s belly on the roof of the in of Camp Taurajo, just to detour via Cross Roads before it turns back and lands in CT, adding a few minutes extra to the flight for absolutely no reason.
This is the defenition of bad friction, and travel that does not have any positive impact on the experience.
There are a bunch of these really bad routes for the local taxi service that really need to be fixed. You might some times need to go in to go out, but you def don’t need to go east to go west…
Fixing the worst routes, and making some of the longer ones take a more direct path is much needed. Shorter flights = more people on the ground, grouping up and socializing
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