I've always disliked the argument against Luclin being that the Nexus ruined the game. For me, it was quite to the contrary. It made the game feel more alive and magical. The spires interacted with the world in a very magnificient way the first time you see it.
It hardly impacted the porting business. You could travel from one of 5 destinations to the Nexus and then from the Nexus to one of those same 5 locations. The ports functioned on a 15 minute recast, so if you were traveling from A to B you needed to wait 0-15 minutes (7.5 average) and another 15 minutes in the Nexus to send you into your final destination. Many times you could damn near run there in that time span.
I actually really liked the PoK books as well because it meant the world was at your finger tips. Many times players would reject group invites because they're in Unrest and traveling to Sol A is a time commitment that would consume their entire play time that day. Whereas once PoK books came out you could easily travel between dungeon zones on your own, and attend groups wherever.
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