Quote Originally Posted by Jinko View Post
It does however let you get teleported to somewhere you have never been before though.
True, but mage portals are only to seven major cities and a PvP zone. Maybe it's splitting hairs, but you still can't remove the world exploration aspect from the game by allowing it.

Normally I wouldn't think it was a big deal in 1.0. But considering there are exploration achievements for aetheryte attunement in this game, I don't think it's right you can get the attunement without first running there yourself.

Even in WoW, unless you know a Warlock and two friends who are really bored (good luck), there is no way you are getting this without putting in the work, yourself.