Quote Originally Posted by Rhas View Post
I'm sorry but at US launch you could *not* even run through zones like East Sarutabaruta in 2 minutes. Later on they increased (several times) how fast your character (and monsters) ran, but at launch when there weren't even chocobos it easily took 4-5 minutes to run through the zone. And that was just straight running and bypassing the monsters.
Oh yes, the 45 minute run to Jueno for the first time, whilst you prayed to every god you knew that you would arrive safely. It saddens me to think they have shrunk the FFXI world as well. Used to be the only "fast travel" you could get was a pocket whm, a teleport <insert telepoint here> and running around to rent the choco, and you still had a 5 minute run into <insert city here>. Much faster than the airship.