I don’t really want this to disrupt this topic and turn it into another portal debate. There is a huge topic for that. However I will say they have read the feedback, have decided they will go ahead as planned and see if it’s really the big problem that people think it’s going to be once it’s been tried for a while.
For once I do feel that Blizzard are damned no matter what they do. Blizzard is accused of not interacting with the playerbase on forums, that they ignore players feedback. They go through the feedback given on EU and NA and post a response specifically addressing the issues raised but because they aren’t caving in to demands we get this.