What is the quickest path to an ah for each faction?
This is more of a guide than an actual discussion thread. I didn't want to mark it as a guide due to how ridiculous the topic is. However, seeing how many people pick the popular but longest routes to reach the ah, I decided to create this thread, in order to show you some numbers.
DISCLAIMER: This only shows the time between the portal and the nearest ah. It doesn't take into consideration other factors - bank, trainers, player interaction, music etc. I haven't used any speed boosts - like running in Unholy Presence or cat form. I used the 100% mount speed and the normal walking one. I've included the delay time as well. By that I didn't mean mounting up or reaching the town portal, but going outside, in order to mount up. For example, if you go to Stormwind, you spawn in a tower and you can't use any mounts there. The delay is the time you waste to exit it.
TLDR:
Engineering - Dala (obviously)
Horde - Undercity (24 sec travel time)
Alliance - Exodar (18 sec travel time)
Proof:
Horde
- Orgrimmar: 2 sec delay + 27 sec travel time
- Undercity: 0 sec delay + 24 sec travel time
- Thunder Bluff: 0 sec delay + 27 sec travel time
- Silvermoon CIty: 8 sec delay + 44 sec travel time (west ah) or 47 sec travel time (east ah)
Alliance
- Stormwind City: 12 sec delay + 30 sec travel time
- Ironforge: 3 sec delay + 26 sec travel time
- Darnassus: 6 sec delay + 31 sec travel time (IF YOU MAKE THE JUMP) [34 if you take one of the two longer paths]
- Exodar: 0 sec delay + 18 sec travel time
Now you know.
