Does instant transportation effect game immersion?

[Jaber]

what you call "purposeless delays" i call "immersion", which last i checked was a huge mechanic in gameplay.

I'll tell you what, I'll go make a game where you win by fighting enemies and getting gear, and you go make a game where you win by idling on an airship with a scrolling background for ten minutes then holding W for the next halfhour, and we'll go see which is more popular.

I'm all for immersion. It's one of the main reasons I play games; to escape to a different world and different life. Idling on a boat and excessive travel times are not going to immerse me, they're going to do the exact opposite by causing me to instead spend that time playing MHP3 on my PSP. I don't want to spend my time in another world waiting. I can do that in this one, and it won't cost me twelve bucks a month to do it.