Honestly though, the Kings Row and Port Oakes entrances do get used- and more than that, they spawn RP in the zone they're in. Same with the Founders one- I don't know about St. Martial, I don't go there. But if the entrances are removed from those zones, the RP scene will- well, wilt, at least a bit.
Frankly, I don't understand why the devs can't just- plop down a couple more manholes.
This change really bugs me, as someone who's always enjoyed lingering in the mid-ranges. I know, I know, it's all about the rush to max level these days- but every time content gets pushed up behind another level lock, it's a smack in the face for all of us players who truly enjoy the mid-range content, who like knowing the world is a little bigger than our characters. Because- yeah, sure, Oroborous exists, but it's not even a little the same. Not really. There's a world of difference between running around the zone at level, slipping past mooks and mobs or stopping to fight them and possibly even losing, jumping from contact to contact to contact and experiencing every angle of the story at once, and just- talking to a crystal, getting the missions divorced from context, divorced from the other arcs you'd normally be playing concurrently.
It's a choice between getting to do one of the most fun task forces in the game, or getting to do stuff in Founders Falls, St. Martial, Croatoa, Brickstown, Crey's Folly, Eden, Nerva.
And, frankly- if the dev team goes through with intentions of removing Founders Fall club entrance, and the Saint Martial's club entrance- and bumps Lady Grey up to 45- that's three less reasons to ever be in the level thirty to forty range for longer than it takes to farm past them. Which will just further increase the utter drought of players in those areas, leaving them even more of ghost towns than they already are. Looking at it with that slightly widened perspective, it's... really disheartening, honestly.
This game isn't just about the level fifty content. Levels twenty through forty have some pretty neat writing, and it feels like we're not being encouraged to so much as stop to look at it. Which is a crying shame, because when you take the time to stop and smell the roses, we really do have a beautiful little environment here.