Quote Originally Posted by Jackstin View Post
I'm sure you are aware how much of an embarrassing extension of logic this is. This isn't aetherite, it's just being able to travel to the starter cities. It also amazes me how much people value time sinking over actual skilful play, which is what this game is going towards. Making basic convenience adjustments does not affect how skilful you are. It just weeds out people without enough patience to continue playing. From an elitists point of view this is a good thing, but its not good for the game. This game will stop if only a few die-hards willing to see past this game's massive-flaws continue to play.
Sometimes convenience is taken too far and facilitates laziness. Reasonably conveninent is "having various transportation options that you can seek out.' Not reaosnable is "I want to go to everywhere from one place." This is the reason why we have different travel methods that aren't all right next to eachother. Another reason is to balance the crowds. If you have too many things accessible from one point, you end up with tons of people gathering around that point (hello abyssea) and that can be unpleasant when severe enough.

Yes- this idea probably doesn't rise to that level, but it's easy to ask for this and that in the name of convenience while it gets taken too far.