The one key issue people seem to forget is that some people simply don't care about this stuff, in the slightest.

I personally love exploring virtual worlds, but I can totally see why fast travel/teleporting exists in them. Just because I like to take in all the details (or lack there-of...I'm looking at you 1.0), doesn't mean the rest of the playerbase does. Stop letting other peoples game experience hurt your game experience. I plan on looking at everything A Realm Reborn has to offer, and I won't let a group of people who would rather teleport there get in my way of enjoying it. If they want to do that, let them...doesn't affect me in the slightest!