I just hate daze, fuck that makes me rage. Prydaz is so damn useful for that reason, I don't really use shard outside of rifts anyway. My mage hasn't used invis so much in ages.
Portals instead of flight paths makes a huge difference, and nearly revered, so almost have whistle back just in time for the WQ/AP grind. I dunno about anyone else, but I used that thing everytime it was off cooldown before, hell I wish the damn thing was available for alts from level 1.
I get missing the convenience of flying, I miss it as well, but don't get the rage over it, it's not gamebreaking, and throws a little challenge and thinking back into a game that has been catering to the mouth breathing, instant gratification kiddies this entire expansion.