Does instant transportation effect game immersion?

[Shika]

Personally for me it does not spoil my sense of immersion. If I have time and am not in any particular rush I run wherever I need to go and conserve my anima. This way I get to see the scenery along the way; when we get chocobos this type of travel- i.e. not just porting with anima- may become more popular and players will see more of the world and feel "part" of it.

If I'm in a hurry when they release the airships then I will take this option instead (along with using anima, depending on where I need to get to obviously), and having it arrive instantly is not going to spoil my gameplay. To me it will just have the same feel as teleporting- or any other type of outpost, assault or BCNM warping to a dungeon or area that there was in FFXI. If they want to put a 5min or 10min timer on it in the future fine- I'll just go and pop the kettle on

[AlexNiculaie]

Except I've already had to go into the middle of nowhere for quests. R36 btn quest? "HERE GO THROUGH THIS AREA THAT HAS PTEROCTRAPS AND ANOLES 20 RANKS ABOVE YOU"

There are plenty of other quests that require to walk to random locations as well. Hamlets anyone? I dont remember being able to teleport to those. That requires walking.

Add to that the info from the French to English thread that they are planning events for both airship and ferry. There are already quests which force players to take the long "explorative" route, and they are providing content to encourage people to take the non-instant airship/ferry trips once the longer trip is included. There will always be a need to run, or use chocobos to get somewhere. All the anima in the world won't prevent that.

[Altano]

when we get chocobos this type of travel- i.e. not just porting with anima- may become more popular and players will see more of the world and feel "part" of it.

You're lying to yourself. After all, the only people who walk nowadays (as has been pointed out countless time in this and other threads) are those who are out of anima or those who try to ration it. Airships will cost a gil fee...which has no meaning because gil is a joke to come by in this game. So really it will be instairship to city, set home point in city, do quest/leve/behest/whatever, free return to city, instairship elsewhere. Chocobos will not change that one bit. Seriously let's just delete 90% of the map and instance everything else at this point.

[PrettyPrincess]

There will always be a need to run, or use chocobos to get somewhere. All the anima in the world won't prevent that.

Unfortunately people here are too blind to see that. there is soooo much more content that is going to be added in the future than what we have now.

[DNO]

You would not have signed out if there was a 5 minute Airship ride.

Nope which is the whole point. Faster means of travel is needed. way to go only answering part of the post. You are saying faster travel kills immersion im saying it does not. Weather a 5 min airship or a insta airship is there it does not kill immersion.

what it does it get me to my place faster so i can stay immersed and keep playing.

You also have to understand that bein immersed in something is different for everyone. i keep playing when i am moving forward and growing my toon. Not sitting on an airship for 10 mins. and for sure not walking. Immersion is not waiting. If it is for you thats fine but understand people... most people do not enjoying waiting when the do not have to.

[Shika]

You're lying to yourself. After all, the only people who walk nowadays (as has been pointed out countless time in this and other threads) are those who are out of anima or those who try to ration it.

Not necessarily, hell there a plenty of people making threads about "immersion" and the feeling of realism within the game on the forums at the moment. Some people do play to take in more than just instant warping all over the place. Hell I may be in the minority, but I know in FFXI I used chocobos and the airships just as much as I did teleports

[Kiote]

You do understand, that by adding the "option" to ride the airship you are forcing the development teams hand to make all Airship based content yet again more instances right?

There will be no random battles and there will be no random NMs because you will have to plan on bringing a party on board the airship just to get enough people on it to participate. In fact it will probably become a completely guaranteed encounter. No more chance of a casual ride.

Yay for 100% instanced Final Fantasy

[PrettyPrincess]

Except the airship is already an instance, just like the ferry

[HoneyBoy]

The word "immersion" is now the official XIV troll word!

[DNO]

You do understand, that by adding the "option" to ride the airship you are forcing the development teams hand to make all Airship based content yet again more instances right?

There will be no random battles and there will be no random NMs because you will have to plan on bringing a party on board the airship just to get enough people on it to participate. In fact it will probably become a completely guaranteed encounter. No more chance of a casual ride.

Yay for 100% instanced Final Fantasy

Dude what high level endgame content was on a freaking airship ride betwen the cities?

You do understand all this is doing is getting from one city to another faster right? thats it. nothin esle. thats all.......

ALso we voted for stuff to be instance and in FF11 most stuff was instanced so not much change there.