Does instant transportation effect game immersion?

[AmyRae]

Durrrr, log onto FF11 now and everyone is in abysea so of course there is no one on the air ships, all old content is obsolete. Just embarrassing seriously... you need to step away and look at the big picture out side of instant travel and notice the overall trend of the game, which suffice it to say is far opposite from FF11.

And as to claiming to be the typical FF11 player i was pre abysea, however you are right my voice is not the voice of all FF11 players.

Airships have been empty for years and years, way before Abyssea came out. But I guess you haven't played 11 in awhile. We've moved on. Obviously, you haven't.

[Bled]

Airships have been empty for years and years, way before Abyssea came out. But I guess you haven't played 11 in awhile. We've moved on. Obviously, you haven't.

if this state of FF14 and abysea is what you "moved on to" i feel bad for you, mean while ill keep praying that this becomes a balanced tolerable game...

[Jynx]

Airships have been empty for years and years, way before Abyssea came out. But I guess you haven't played 11 in awhile. We've moved on. Obviously, you haven't.

You still didn't clap your hands and turn up wherever you wanted either. Fast travel in XI always had some sort of downside wether it being the quest to get the teleport spell or the trip to get your outpost/craig crystals. Or the Besieged/Campaign you needed to gain points to use to warp all willy nilly.

I think XI did it right it allowed alot of transportation options but also had easy to obtain but limited supply of said warps.

[Bled]

You still didn't clap your hands and turn up wherever you wanted either. Fast travel in XI always had some sort of downside wether it being the quest to get the teleport spell or the trip to get your outpost/craig crystals. Or the Besieged/Campaign you needed to gain points to use to warp all willy nilly.

I think XI did it right it allowed alot of transportation options but also had easy to obtain but limited supply of said warps.

and to add to what you all ready stated, the instant teleports in FF11 were integrated into the games lore/immersion. In FF14 you have anima well hell everyone has it how do i explain it? (um hmm i guess all people in his world are born with the ability to teleport!) that is the enemy of immersion. In FF11 all instant travel had a place in the games lore, and worked to not break your immersion in the game.

FF11 most certainly did it right, people have just been stuck with FF14 for so long now they have to settle for this crap.

[Rhomagus]

and to add to what you all ready stated, the instant teleports in FF11 were integrated into the games lore/immersion. In FF14 you have anima well hell everyone has it how do i explain it? (um hmm i guess all people in his world are born with the ability to teleport!) that is the enemy of immersion. In FF11 all instant travel had a place in the games lore, and worked to not break your immersion in the game.

FF11 most certainly did it right, people have just been stuck with FF14 for so long now they have to settle for this crap.

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/#/gameplay/guildleves

Click bottom right corner where it says Aetheryte.

It was literally built into the lore before the game was released.

You could apply your logic to Star Trek and their ability to warp or beam people down to a planets surface. That doesn't destroy people's immersion. It might your's but people find that to be a very interesting aspect of the Star Trek universe. Maybe the Enterprise should run on an Internal Combustion Engine instead ya?

You've contributed nothing to your argument.

[Jynx]

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/#/gameplay/guildleves

Click bottom right corner where it says Aetheryte.

It was literally built into the lore before the game was released.

You could apply your logic to Star Trek and their ability to warp or beam people down to a planets surface. That doesn't destroy people's immersion. It might your's but people find that to be a very interesting aspect of the Star Trek universe. Maybe the Enterprise should run on an Internal Combustion Engine instead ya?

You've contributed nothing to your argument.

While I agree aetherite allready has lore in the game, it also tells us that it's a bad thing too do it too much lol. "The logic behind waiting for anima to regenerate I'm guessing".

But just to point out the flaw in your comparison...In Star Trek it's not like you could "Beam" someone to the other side of the galaxy you had a finite range in which you could do such things...but thats just being picky.

[Aenarion]

But just to point out the flaw in your comparison...In Star Trek it's not like you could "Beam" someone to the other side of the galaxy you had a finite range in which you could do such things...but thats just being picky.

yea, 'til someone invert the tachyon emitters anyway, those tachyon emitters can do EVERYTHING

[Rhomagus]

While I agree aetherite allready has lore in the game, it also tells us that it's a bad thing too do it too much lol. "The logic behind waiting for anima to regenerate I'm guessing".

But just to point out the flaw in your comparison...In Star Trek it's not like you could "Beam" someone to the other side of the galaxy you had a finite range in which you could do such things...but thats just being picky.

Have you used your anima to go to the moon?

[Azurymber]

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/#/gameplay/guildleves

Click bottom right corner where it says Aetheryte.

It was literally built into the lore before the game was released.

You could apply your logic to Star Trek and their ability to warp or beam people down to a planets surface. That doesn't destroy people's immersion. It might your's but people find that to be a very interesting aspect of the Star Trek universe. Maybe the Enterprise should run on an Internal Combustion Engine instead ya?

You've contributed nothing to your argument.

they also had a lot of episodes that death with beaming technology and how it can get interrupted or beam back someone half dead, etc. They built it into the world. Atherytes are just there.

[Bled]

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/#/gameplay/guildleves

Click bottom right corner where it says Aetheryte.

It was literally built into the lore before the game was released.

You could apply your logic to Star Trek and their ability to warp or beam people down to a planets surface. That doesn't destroy people's immersion. It might your's but people find that to be a very interesting aspect of the Star Trek universe. Maybe the Enterprise should run on an Internal Combustion Engine instead ya?

You've contributed nothing to your argument.

You have contributed nothing with your star trek analogy what so ever.

I stated that there is no explanation (lore based) on how you can just on a whim travel any where in the world with anima, your link literally says teleportation is only used when guild leves are envoked which is not true at all in the game. these holes in the lore and explanation cause you to have to create your own explanation which breaks immersion. Star Trek and their "Beaming" or teleporting how ever you reference it is not only explained in countless episodes but is deeply explained in any reference book to star trek lore.

Please Rhomagus you get so caught up in your posts that you sometimes miss read and interpret meanings.