Grand Company teleport

I was thinking that the GC should have the ability to teleport you, of course at a cost, seals. We have very limited number of seals though D:!!!!! Well not to fear, because a long side this you can get your handy dandy signet. So with that issue out of the way. Where would they teleport me to D:??? Well, I think there should be one main "telecrystal" in each area(zone, think 2.0). The further the area is the more seals it costs.
Of course its not going to be as simple as talking to x npc just to unlock it. I think you should have to be x rank with a little quest or something. Of course he cant just teleport you without you having a key item. Probably a fragment of the crystal it self. Meaning you will have to first venture forth and "touch" the "telecrystal".
There could also be group teleports as well. Let's say that theres 8 members and the teleport costs x seals, instead of one person paying for all of it, it will take x seals out of everyone's pocket.


Side note: of course this would mean no anima or where a single class teleports, it also wont be limited to how many times you can tele, as long as you have the seals. Seals take less time gathering than anima anyways. Or the cost could be gil

GC teleport... I remember a dev quote about this... why do you keep making threads....? papa can you hear me....?

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Originally Posted by Answa

GC teleport... I remember a dev quote about this... why do you keep making threads....? papa can you hear me....?

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Same reason why people keep posting in em ;)

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Originally Posted by Rokien

Same reason why people keep posting in em ;)

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Trolling? I see.

I don't see how this is trolling, but whatever floats your boat ^.^

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Originally Posted by Rokien

I don't see how this is trolling, but whatever floats your boat ^.^

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Let's dissect this.

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Originally Posted by Answa

why do you keep making threads....?

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Originally Posted by Rokien

Same reason why people keep posting in em ;)

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Reason for people posting in them: trolling.

Why do you make threads? To troll.

OOOOH PLAN FOILED, but really, would you be cool with that? It keeps the insta travel crowed happy, and everyone else who says that you shouldn't teleport everywhere.

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Originally Posted by Rokien

OOOOH PLAN FOILED, but really, would you be cool with that? It keeps the insta travel crowed happy, and everyone else who says that you shouldn't teleport everywhere.

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It would make ranking up too easy, with the inclusion of Signet. If GCs are able to tele you at a lowered anima price, then yeah. I do know sometime in the past one of the reps said something about GC teleportation but they were really vague and it didn't really evoke any images for me. Regardless, I like Anima, so I don't see the need to change anything about it.

Well, everything would be adjusted accordingly

No thanks.

We don't have to make a thread for every single idea that pops in our heads.

I see you're starting to back track on your posts. This is probably due to the lack of thought behind your posts. We've talked about this before. There is just not much going on upstairs.

You have to think about things like:

Will they increase the rate in which we gain company seals? If not, then why spend them on teleports when there are more desirable things to buy? Chocobo Armor, manuals, gear, ect.

If they increase the rate how will that affect the other item's rarity and difficulty in gaining? Will their price need to be increased?

Is the reason for implementing important enough against other planned content and additional systems for FFXIV? If it is easier to teleport using anima, and there are more important things to use company seals on, is it necessary to implement?

Let's use our brains before pointing and clicking. Hmm?

Hurp durp, I already said everything would be adjusted accordingly. Should I use these seals and teleport, or should I walk and save up for that armor. This game doesn't have choices this would at least add some type of choice.

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Hurp durp, I already said everything would be adjusted accordingly. Should I use these seals and teleport, or should I walk and save up for that armor. This game doesn't have choices this would at least add some type of choice.

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Right, but what is the reasoning? Is it worth it? Also, is the effort in implementing it, however large or small, worth it against other transportation systems already in place and against other things that should be worked on in development. You make ideas, but it's an afterthought. It's not a fully constructed and thought out idea.

I think your way of throwing ideas out it to keep doing so til one is actually considered a good one. lol Which is fine, really, but not entirely something you'd want to be known for.

I don't care how I'm known or how I do things, I think any idea is worth something whether it be bad or good, you can always get something from it.
Well just take a look at airships, people hardly use them even though they are instant, was that a waist of development time? People wanted airship soo bad they added em, but no one uses em, because it's easier to just hit your menu button than walking a few feet to get to the airship.

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I don't care how I'm known or how I do things, I think any idea is worth something whether it be bad or good, you can always get something from it.
Well just take a look at airships, people hardly use them even though they are instant, was that a waist of development time? People wanted airship soo bad they added em, but no one uses em, because it's easier to just hit your menu button than walking a few feet to get to the airship.

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I use the airship all the time. It's not a "waist".

Teleporting? But then, what's my chocobo for? Running to each camp once and cutting the run to where the yellow spot on the map is from 10 seconds down to 5?

You can keep your teleporting. I didn't go through all that crap to get my Chocobo to have it replaced by instant-gratiportation. :p

Edit: Same goes for airships. Waited for those, and I use 'em.

On Topic: I think the development effort outweighs the negligible difference this would make to anyone.

Aside: All kidding aside, I'm going to give you a piece of legitimate advice. All of the things you complain about boil down to grievances you have with play style. You don't like people giving you grief if you don't want to teleport, you prefer to level differently than other people, etc, etc, etc.

Honestly, sir, the best thing you can do for yourself is to find more people with the same ideas and play with them. Start your own linkshell and all of you can ride chocos across the land and mock us foolish anima users. Maybe look into playing on an RP server, since people there are generally more accepting of self imposed rules. If there are really a ton of people out there that want the same thing as you, then you can all get vocal about these things together and people might take notice. Unfortunately, the way it stands right now you come across as the crazy guy at the park standing on a box and yelling "REPENT, SINNER" at anyone who walks past.

In short, there's nothing wrong with having an opinion on how to play, but instead of shouting at a wall take that passion and make something cool out of it. These threads, not so cool.

I know people use em but overall most people don't. I use em when I can.

@brussel
I was just trying to come up with a way that will keep everyone happy. Because I know its pointless trying to get rid of instant transportation

I like the idea of a signet, and what Rokien is saying goes hand in hand with the warp scrolls(purchased through signet points), outpost warping(purchased through gil) and chamber of passage(Aht Urhgan) staging point deal used in FFXI. They all entailed a means of transportation at the cost of the players points of some sort. It also required you to visit that place first or complete a quest before you could use it. Outside of waiting there is no pressure on players to save thier anima besides running out of it. A signet would also offer another way to purchase the "more desirable items" offered by each grand company. But before you everyone blows up because I used FFXI as an example, I'm just saying that it worked with FFXI and created a feel that you had accomplished something by aquiring all the staging points/teleport crystals and outpost warps. And it wasn't just something handed to you. Also, I don't use airships that much either.

Side note: Seems to me that the real trolls are the people who reply to threads without discussing the point constructively.

I guess it is like those systems, which worked great in my opinion. It's also like the crystal to crystal teleport that everyone has been talking about or whatever. But instead of going to a main crystal you just go to your nearest GC and spend some seals.

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Side note: Seems to me that the real trolls are the people who reply to threads without discussing the point constructively.

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I enjoy creative and original ideas. Not one is mentioned in this thread. Nor by the OP especially.

^.^ Why don't you post something creative, I have yet to see anything creative from you or original. So please amuse me with your creativity

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Originally Posted by Rokien

^.^ Why don't you post something creative, I have yet to see anything creative from you or original. So please amuse me with your creativity

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The "I know you are, but what am I?" approach really helps your cause.

I don't need to turn out wildly creative and original ideas and that wasn't the point. The point is some players, especially you, throws out ideas that have already been done and have no thought behind how it would be useful. It's just out there for the sake of bringing back your precious former pastime and nothing greater than that.

Personally, I think sometimes it's best to give suggestions that add on to the energy of the game rather than attempting to propose specific systems that I've already thought out because then there is really no creativity by the creators in that. We try to do the work ourselves and it doesn't work. Bit and pieces may make their way into the game if they are helpful enough, but from a creative standpoint it translates better to give key words that describe the type of content or systems which are desirable to you and what you gather the majority of the community wants as well. Which calls for --stay with me now-- empathy and gives the development team a better understanding of how to create things.

Developers in an artistic sense don't want nags clouding up their approach to creation. When you are suggesting "been there, done that" systems this is a large yawn to a person like that. So, honestly, your verbal diarrhea is doing exactly what you'd hope it would do, only it is in a negative connotation.

@Bruce
Question!

By responding to this thread, which you think has no creative or original ideas what do you plan to accomplish? If anything you are just elevating its popularity and giving it a better chance of being recognized by a dev.

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@Bruce
Question!

By responding to this thread, which you think has no creative or original ideas what do you plan to accomplish? If anything you are just elevating its popularity and giving it a better chance of being recognized by a dev.

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First, It doesn't matter how popular a thread is for a dev to respond. They have responded to a thread of mine that only had a few posts.

Second, I am responding due to the new thread overload by the OP who seems to think every thought in his head needs to be heard and turned into a new post. Also void of any real clear and thought out way any of the ideas could be incorporated into the game that works.

I don't know about you, but I rather like the forums more when they are not treated like the OP's live journal.

I've yet to see a detailed reason(comparible to your obviously strong opinion) as to why this would not work. You've only bashed the person who has started the threads.

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I've yet to see a detailed reason(comparible to your obviously strong opinion) as to why this would not work. You've only bashed the person who has started the threads.

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It was pointed out in the questioning. Maybe you don't see it because you're overlooking other aspects as well.

As it stands Anima can get us anywhere and everywhere in the game. I don't see any reason this would be usefull, it would be a redundant system ontop of the one we currently have.

Now perhaps you could allow people to spend seals to "Purchase" Medicine that allowed them to gain more anima, via a soul stabalization. (Lore and junk) But to add another system ontop of Anima just seems overly convoluted. Hell I'm not even a fan of how free anima is but at least GC seals take some effort to get so at least people would need to do something to gain that extra anima.

Of course I'd rather the cost be proportionatly high...but that's just me.

Your original idea as it stands though, just is a redundancy that would add nothing to the game overall.

Well this would replace the anima system. I also don't see how it would be redundant, because you would
>Go get part of the crystal dealio
>go to GC station and teleport

Anima is just "HEY TELEPORT ANYTIME ANYWHERE WITHOUT DOING ANYTHING"