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[Jarulf]

On the general forums, Blizzard's asked for ideas to make Darnassus more interesting and useable.

This one is easy -- Darnassus needs a flightpath directly to either Ironforge or Stormwind (or both). Currently, it's a huge PITA to get there and the payoff is nil. There's absolutely no reason to go there other than to see it.

It's sort of a pity too. I actually like Darnassus. It's laid out nicely, and I love looking at the Ancient Protectors (I'd especially love to see them fend off a Horde attack). There's just nothing to do there for any character that has already finished their newbie quests in either Elwynn Forrest or Dun Morogh.

I actually like the idea that Darnassus and the whole island (or tree) is for Night Elves only. Others should not come there. That gives me a feeling of home as a Night Elf. Sure, give it easier access perhaps through a travel type similar to the ones between Ogrimar/Uncercity/Grom'??? but for elves only to make it easilly accessible ONCE you manage to get to Iron Forge or Storwind through other means. From a game story point of view, I think Stormwind only fits the story best, or perhaps it should be some completely other place that has Night Elves content that is still a bussy place for people to visit and travell through. That makes the world seem more stingent in content, story and how it is built. After all, we have different races for a reason, not to have them identical.

For similar reasons, I think that one should not be able to move between Ogrimar/Undercity and the other town until one have visited the other places through other means somehow. Sort of unlocking those paths. That makes it take longer for races to reach the other areas of its alliance and that is good in my opinion. Makes each races starting areas (not just newbie area) to be a bit more unique and feel more at home and it takes longer for you to get the feeling and fun of going "over there". Right now one can go to any starting area with any character at level 1 (or levels far below 10) with the possible exception of Night Elves who currently need to go by foot from Wetlands to Loch Modan and onwards to Iron Forge. Then one have to somehow get to Stormwind to unlock that flight path. The easiets way was to "cheat" in dieing and go to respawn area and be at the "city" so to speak.