Sunstrider Isle to the Ghostlands

[NiteFox]

I just hope the geography of the game doesn't make Silvermoon as dead as Darnassus. Otherwise, I'd make Silvermoon my home city all the time!

Y'know, I think it's entirely dependant on whether the Orb of Translocation remains in the game or not.

Consider what has already been said about Thunder Bluff, and it boils down to this: Excellent city, everything is conveniently placed, but one step removed from the zeppellin to the Eastern Kingdom.

Now, if the Orb of Translocation remains, it'll be Silvermoon City and not the Undercity that will be closer to the zep to Kalimdor. Travellers from Silvermoon will appear in the courtyard of Lordaeron Castle, a short jog away from the tower, whereas bat travellers have to deal with the elevators, running through the throneroom area, and then out into Tirisfal.

As it stands, it's there to help newbies travel from Silvermoon to the Undercity without having to go through the Plaguelands, so I'd bet that Blizzard makes it so that it can only help newbies.

Two ways I can think of:
1) Level lock it, like Meeting Stones, so that it can only be used by characters under a certain level (Maybe 30 or 40), after that, you're screwed unless you've (sensibly) activated a flight path from Silvermoon or ballsy enough to slog your way through the Plaguelands. I'd say this is the most likely of the two.
2) Make it a one-shot device both ways, meaning that it's disabled to the player once they've activated a flight path from Silvermoon to UC, if so: Kill the orb to the player. They ought to shell out for the bat fare. Since the Deeprun Tram is still accessible to all whether or not they have the Stormwind/Ironforge path active, this is the least likely of the two solutions.

Of course, there's always:
3) Charge a sliding scale to use it. Free for lowbies, half the price of your mount for highbies. Each time.