The Elinda of Doom wrote:
...as far as the OP: I too see no reason, at this point, for there to be a 6 hour timer on returning home. At one point it would have provided a 'nerf' if you will. But now, with the abundance of gating and porting options, both to zones and out of zones, the wait timer is a 'moot' point. So, while I see no reason for it to be there, I also see no reason to remove it (it would probably mess something else up if they were to try!!)
All of those methods cost something though. If you have the "origin" AA, you spent experience to gain the ability to return home at the click of a button. Are we going to refund those AA points to everyone? What about gate potions? No one would *ever* buy a gate potion if they knew they could simply log out, click the "home" button, and be back in their home city a click away from PoK. Even the "die and summon corpse to GL" costs money (and experience).
And that's not mentioning the numerous quested items with various ports and gates on them that would now effectively become useless.
Isn't it enough that you can now log out in say PoH for the night and when you log in the next day, you can return home and avoid being stuck there until someone helps you leave? I think that's sufficient capability for most "normal" use.