Quote Originally Posted by XooZQ View Post
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.