[Zanthia]

I am assuming that this change is made because of the problems people are having on certain servers, to get groups.

I for one can understand that one. Playing a goblin on Gulgrethor, I usually find myself alone in the final chunks. There are two places I can go for decent xp, the Gardens with a group, or the Gulgrethor Fortress with a group. When I do a /who in either chunks, I see 1 player and that's me. Any other place on the island equals light or green blues, unless they are 3+ dots. Fact is, goblins and orcs are naturally not very popular. So, I'm left with the idea of going to a whole different continent. I can be lfg all I want but I've never recieved a tell ever. If I can move faster around, without having to leave my group waiting for 30 minutes, maybe I'd be able to get a group and get some levels too?

That said though, I'd rather not see the game being turned into a portal world. I love traveling, even if it's tedious. Makes it feel like I'm actually in a world, rather than a game. But at the same time, when things like that are available, I use them because it saves a lot of time. This is similar to group vs solo content, if the game contains too much solo content, people who wants to group will be left with little to no people, because soloing in the end is just easier. Human nature takes easiest path every single time.

What I wish could've been established instead though would be an ability for a group with say 3 people, to be able to summon a person from anywhere in the world. And if possible, when group disbands, you will be returned to where you got summoned from after 5 minutes, to avoid "Anyone who can summon me to <other side of the world>?" Or even be location specific. You have to be summoned to a group area and you won't be allowed to leave it. I don't know if this stuff is even possible, but I much rather see the group functionality be improved to fix grouping problems, than the whole world changing.

-Zanthia