Has our demonic gateway always been this useless? I swear it worked more effectively in the past?
If there’s a slight hill in a battleground - can’t use it.
If there’s a balcony in a BG you want a shortcut to - can’t use it.
Essentially, it’s now only useable on mostly flat ground within a straight line.
The pathing was improved in some patch of BFA or start of Shadowlands and then again made worse in 9.1.5, I think it was too good to reach treasures in Korthia so they nerfed it 
It was improved in SL prepatch, and in 9.1.5 blizz broke it. By the way, there was no word about it in patch notes.
Thats more like a rule than exception when it comes to “fixing” warlock spells. Amazed how stuff that players enjoy with this class gets fixed and made worse asap but gameplay impacting bugs take several years to fix or are just left to rot forever
Whilst playing PVP battlegrounds in the valley if I set the gateway from the top floor on one of the towers, the actual gate appears on the level below.
For years it worked perfectly.
9.1.5 broke some placement logic of the gates
what is gateway? do you mean the “can’t use that here” spell?
Well that answers that. Thanks for the help.
Did it get even worse with 9.2?! Even if I manage to place it, quite often I cannot even click the damn portal.
Same with Gappling Hook from Outlaw Rogue
I can place my Gateway, but it will not let me click it and use it, from either side now… It worked in 9.1.5 for me, but not now in 9.2…
In some place in different Arenas out is the same, sometimes you can click 50 times and with the 51 it will work or not.
In order to describe why Demonic gateways are bugs right now, you all need to understand how line of sight works in WoW.
After the patch 9.1.5 for warlock in order to place demonic gateways, warlock must see most of the area where demonic gateways will be placed. But additionally, blizz has restricted gateways in any instance based locations - BGS/Arenas/dungeons/raids/Eversong/Exodar Etc, that you cannot place gateways from the bottom to top if…
With that in mind, before patch 9.2 you could use gateways almost every time if gateways had already been placed, despite the height differences and terrain obstacles between gateways.
Now in path 9.2 not only weird placement rules of patch 9.1.5 are still active, but additionally now your character must see clearly the area of distant gateways, so no obstacle could obstruct the POV.
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