Some people only have an hour or two to spend in Undermountain. With jobs, kids and the rest of real life they cannot spend the hours it takes to fight through 7 levels of Undermountain to get the stone dagger.
My first character took four attempts to reach the teleporter key on level 10. On his first attempt, he had to quit after fighting down to level six.
He ran out of time on the second attempt fighting Big Red on level nine. [img]graemlins/1pissed.gif[/img] On the third attempt, the server crashed as he was crossing the bridge to the lizardman huts on level ten. [img]graemlins/crying.gif[/img]
If the teleporters were spread out (say levels 3, 6, 9, and 12) then, yes, you could take the time to smell the roses while smiting the Xanthers. Currently, it takes me over an hour to get a character down to level ten even with greater sanctuary/improved invisibility/boots of speed.
Ziroc will open more teleporters, and when he does it will cut down on the “mad dash to level ten” the characters are currently doing.