I find it funny that several people in this thread that want teleports removed don't even play the game...

People mention how FFXI was, but for me, after having a level 75 WAR, finally getting my WHM to teleport levels and BLM to Warp level brought so much more freedom to me. Outpost warps, teleport to sky, Whitegate/Jeuno warps, all of these I constantly used.

If you don't want to use teleports in FFXIV, then don't. I only really use Return to get back to Limsa and my free teleport to Revenant's Toll. I get to everywhere else by airship/ship and my mount. I don't even use the teleports inside the cities.

People are just being selfish here.