Does instant transportation effect game immersion?

[Jobeto-Rin]

I have to add that for someone like me, my immersion would be immediately taken away once I realize I don't have to ride the airplane, it becomes less of a virtual world to me, simply because I can skip it.

That is incredibly hard to compensate for. A world's massiveness and immersion are affected when there are certain things being applied, like waiting for your plants to grow in FFXI. You had to wait, it helped to create that feeling of a live plant. It's the same concept with anything else requiring time.

I'd hate to imagine a skip button for that.

[Rhomagus]

I have to add that for someone like me, my immersion would be immediately taken away once I realize I don't have to ride the airplane, it becomes less of a virtual world to me, simply because I can skip it.

That is incredibly hard to compensate for. A world's massiveness and immersion are affected when there are certain things being applied, like waiting for your plants to grow in FFXI. You had to wait, it helped to create that feeling of a live plant. It's the same concept with anything else requiring time.

I'd hate to imagine a skip button for that.

I actually agree. The sad thing is that the proposed scenario negates the whole activity of planting and maintaining a plant, which btw I wish XIV had something similar to this.

I think the following scenarios I've outlined in this thread would meet your immersion expectations while still offering a believable reason for an instant or express teleport options and a risk/reward mechanic and potentially adding significant content to the game.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-Content-Ideas.