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by Daniel Whitcomb 
Aug 12th 2008 at 8:00PM
Here's a somewhat annoying little problem with the Beta. As of the latest build, you can't just walk into Dalaran, or rather, you can't just use the teleportation crystal go up. Instead, you have to complete a quest to align yourself to Dalaran. But this quest is only available at level 74.
In the Outlands, it's not uncommon for a fresh 58 to head through the Dark Portal and right to Shattrath City. Binding in one of the Inns there essentially puts all of the Outlands before you, with flights connecting you easily to where you wish to go.
It seems strange that Blizzard has put up this strange quest attunement roadblock to those who wish to alight from the boat to Northrend and head straight to the capital. Perhaps it's a similar decision that caused them to restrict flying mounts to level 77 and above -- they don't want people skimping on exploration and seeing content, so they make you hang around the newbie zones for a while before you can just stick with Dalaran.
Luckily, not all is completely lost. Much like with Shattrath before level 58, You can still get teleported or summoned up by a Mage or Warlock before level 74. Still, it's a strange little extra hoop Blizzard's having us leap through to get the to top.
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Expansions, Leveling, Factions, Wrath of the Lich King
Reader Comments (Page 4 of 4)
mattyt17 Aug 13th 2008 3:27PM
I AM SO HAPPY THEY DID THIS
RogueJedi86 Aug 13th 2008 9:44PM
I have a simple idea on how they fix this.
Make all players start at Unfriendly with the Kirin Tor. The only way to get to Neutral would be to do the Crystal quest in Crystalsong Forest, which would give enough rep to get players to neutral. The quest would require 74.
As everyone knows, you can't talk to NPCs at Unfriendly, you have to get to neutral first. So anyone could get ported or summoned there, but they couldn't use the NPCs until 74, when they do the quest.
I'd almost suggest that Mages should start neutral, but that'd just mean everyone would roll mage bankalts to be able to use Dalaran. So leave the quest the only way to neutrality, and let everyone else stay in Shattrath.
byron Aug 17th 2008 5:25PM
Actually... It makes perfect sense. Pay attention. They already talked about the flying mounts there, its the same thing. They want it to open up to players slowly, not all at once, so they experience it over a period of time.
I think its really a good thing, because so many people just go right through, they don't take the time to appreciate the game. At the same time its not like its required for you to be able to go there, you aren't going to have any troubles leveling or anything like that.