Theres a thing called anima

[Seo]

personally I hate teleporting, but its a necessary evil. If airships become popular maybe drop teleporting to make them necessary, and add instances but if its just regular ride, i don't see it catching on. Teleporting was good in guildwars because that was the only way to travel from town to town without takeing several hours, but with airships and ships it just seems like a sleezey way to bypass physics.

[AlphaDragoon]

Is this still going on? There's no logical way to define what is better in cases like these. Many like anima, many others dislike it. It's in cases like these that a rep should be allowed to make a poll to see the proportion of people in favor and those against it, so the devs can work accordingly and there isn't so much conflict trying to push one subjective opinion over the opposing one.

Or just do what they're doing, and giving options for both sides.

[Gennosuke]

These "immersion" people just don't get it. CONTENT DEFINES WHAT IS WORTHWHILE. Give me an overflowing abundance of randomized content on an airship, and I'll gladly watch the cut scene and enjoy the ride. The same goes for walking: Give me hundreds of content, random instances, random NMs, random NPCs, and etc. between the cities. I'll be more than happy to walk after that. Until there's boatloads of spontaneous content, keep everything instant.

That is precisely the point. Actually, i think you are misunderstanding the "immersion" people. Obviously they are asking for the same thing. So let's start stressing that point instead of stressing insta travel. Make sense?

The issue i see is where people's requests and concerns are. Start requesting more content for immersion to become a reality. Making the boat or airship insta travel is NOT fixing the problem, it is concealing and masking it.

This is what the anti-travel people need to realize and start addressing in their posts, then we can hope for a better game.

[Lyndis]

These "immersion" people just don't get it. CONTENT DEFINES WHAT IS WORTHWHILE. Give me an overflowing abundance of randomized content on an airship, and I'll gladly watch the cut scene and enjoy the ride. The same goes for walking: Give me hundreds of content, random instances, random NMs, random NPCs, and etc. between the cities. I'll be more than happy to walk after that. Until there's boatloads of spontaneous content, keep everything instant.

If you're saying that content is what defines worthwhile and not immersion you're saying we can rid ourselves of all context.

Do you understand the extent of what you're saying there? The only thing you actually do in a game is press buttons THAT is your content. Unless you're trying to say that getting gear is content and let me tell you that that piece of gear you got: THAT IS IMMERSIVE. Same with leveling up. It's all in the attempt to emulate a fantasy world. Since it is a game however they have to make things take time and work and feel fun. That lies in the combat system and how you travel around. And you're right now suggesting we get rid of travel.

[Ilean]

LOOOL at the immersion loonies still whining over something that has been decided!

[Chardrizard]

It happens every patch, they get over it fast.

Aggro Icon,
Level Icon,
Dungeon Timer,
Hate Bar,
etc etc ruins immersion bla bla bla not FFXI bla bla bla

[Rokien]

I still dont like all those. Hate bar is great though, I do like that. But anima just should have never happened in the first place, made all you DERP people lazy.

[Rokien]

LOOOL at the immersion loonies still whining over something that has been decided!

Immersion loonies? Soo, a good movie doesn't immerse you into it? I know bad movies don't, that's why they are bad movies. Better examples are books.

[Jynx]

LOOOL at the immersion loonies still whining over something that has been decided!

Just like how things like Fatigue and the class system are still the same as when they were "Decided". I think I have to laugh more at the people who come in here just a poke fun at people who genuinly care about the game.

On either side of the fence people need to respect one another...or they can just continue to be juvinile idiots...either or.

[Etienn]

LOOOL at the immersion loonies still whining over something that has been decided!

LOL at the new gen mmo players who want the easy way out.