This concept didn't old well so Blizzard decided to add Battlemaster NPCs in major city that gave you easier access to all battlegrounds. The entrances to battlegrounds were still in the game, however nobody really used them anymore. These entrances are relict of the past especially on Turtle WoW where you can join any battleground from any place in the world thanks to Battleground Finder.
I know current BG Finder is convenient tool though in my opinion the immersion of playing MMO is being broken when you just teleport to the battleground from any place in the world. Currently it works like in Retail WoW - you put not much effort to sign up for the battleground. I find it weird that you can join the battleground instantly after clicking one button in your UI but you can't do dungeons/raids same way. In my opinion this is inconsistent.
My suggestion is to compromise current convenient BG Finder with immersive joining the battleground.
I suggest to remove possibility to join the one specific battleground that gives bonus honor on that day through BG Finder.
Other battlegrounds would still be accessible through this tool. Instead, the only way to sign up for this battleground in given day is to enter through portal like above in open world.
For example: let's say today is Sunday and it's AV day. Everyone interested in going to AV must enter the portal in Alterac Mountains. Nobody can join the AV through BG Finder on Sunday but can join any other BG via this tool. AV gives bonus honor on Sunday so people are actually motivated to move there. Next day is Monday and let's say it's WSG day. Now you can sign up to WSG only by entering the portal in Kalimdor. You can queue up for AV or any other BG apart from WSG via BG Finder now.
I know this change would be controversial for some active PVP players but the truth is they have become too lazy in the current Retail-like system. This change would allow people to be more socialized - it's nice feeling that the guy you were playing with last game is also waiting for BG to start near the entrance. You can chat together and strenghten the teamwork actually because you will keep in mind that these people who wait with you at the entrance are going to play together with you for next couple of hours. Entering the battleground this way won't give you feeling that you play with random people. And when the game is finally over, you and your team are in the same place and can share the excitement together which is not possible in the current system where everyone is teleported back to the place of signing up. Moreover, the immersion of joining the battleground would be repaired. Not only that, this way would also allow players to estimate how large is their team so they could look for more people to join. So for example: if there are not enough players to start Sunnyglade Valley, players could ask in world chat "LFM Sunnyglade Alliance". In current system actually nobody knows how many people are queued for any battleground.
I'm interested what you guys think about my idea. To be clear, the idea mainly concerns the Nordanaar realm.
