Quote Originally Posted by Crica View Post
Would you quit (or try out the game) if they removed the option to travel slow?
no, I just know the game would never succeed.

My argument is that insta travel ruins the one thing FF is strong in, immersion.
In ffxi there were ppl running places. In FFXIV most areas feel dead.

for FFXIV to succeed in a seriously competitive MMO market (SW TOR has 400k+ preorders, ffxiv boards have 20kish registered) they need to play to their strengths. FF is a story+immersion based series. Warcraft wasn't an rpg it was a tactical adventure game. So WoW's design played to their strengths (more focus on the fightin, killin, raiding, etc in a cool world). FFXIV is trying to be WoW, and failing miserably.

Taking out airship travel is essentially removing airships, a FF legacy item, from the game.
Traveling instantly takes the life out of a giant world that really needs life in it.