Abolishing Anima

[XooZQ]

Why don't they make all teleports free? Because people would bitch about it. They'd say "OMG you're making it too EZ mode!". Also they likely want to keep a restriction on it so people will actually use other means of transportation. Why walk when you can teleport? Why ride a chocobo when you can teleport? Why ride the airship when you can teleport?

It worked alright in Guild Wars but only because it was like that from the beginning (as far as I know) and the maps were packed to the brim with enemies so having to navigate them to get anywhere every time would get tedious and boring quite fast.

Arcell, why did we have Outpost warps/Chocobos/Airships in XI when we had teleports? Why were the former two still used, at least to my knowledge, fairly regularly in 2010? Teleporting, even when you can do it yourself anytime and anywhere you like, is close, but not the 'be all end all' of transportation. It's not about convenience either -- it's about having an alternative that isn't quite as fast as porting, but not nearly as slow as walking.

[Eekiki]

Arcell, why did we have Outpost warps/Chocobos/Airships in XI when we had teleports? Why were the former two still used, at least to my knowledge, fairly regularly in 2010? Teleporting, even when you can do it yourself anytime and anywhere you like, is close, but not the 'be all end all' of transportation. It's not about convenience either -- it's about having an alternative that isn't quite as fast as porting, but not nearly as slow as walking.

Ah, but the those teleports were very restrictive. There were only five specific points in the world where you could teleport to, and only white mages of a certain level or higher were able to cast those spells. The teleport spells of FFXI were a different animal than the aetheryte system of FFXIV.

[XooZQ]

Ah, but the those teleports were very restrictive. There were only five specific points in the world where you could teleport to, and only white mages of a certain level or higher were able to cast those spells. The teleport spells of FFXI were a different animal than the aetheryte system of FFXIV.

Good point. Correct me if I'm wrong, but there are 5 major regions of Eorzea, right? Why not give us that option? And giving all classes the ability to teleport at a high rank, say 45, would that work? What if we just had free ports and a cooldown of 1 hour or something? Most places you go in this game will take at least that to complete what you intend to do once you've arrived.