Does instant transportation effect game immersion?

[Azurymber]

I agree.

I prefer to be immersed in game play.

You prefer to be immersed in travel play.

Square has offered both preferences to us.

Instant travel for me so I can begin playing the game quickly - so the game is less boring for me.

Slow travel for you so you can travel for long periods - so the world feels large for you.

I won't ask Square to take away your preferred immersion if you stop asking Square to take away my preferred immersion.

Deal?

so you'd be ok if i decided i wanted to be immersed by instantly getting all jobs to rank 50 and avoiding boring grinding?

[Crica]

so you'd be ok if i decided i wanted to be immersed by instantly getting all jobs to rank 50 and avoiding boring grinding?

Is it going to stop me from leveling my own jobs if I want to? No.

So why would I care?

[User201109011315]

Is it going to stop me from leveling my own jobs if I want to? No.

So why would I care?

Because it decreases the value of a level 50. It demerits the accomplishment. It diminishes the sense of achievement.

[Crica]

Because it decreases the value of a level 50. It demerits the accomplishment. It diminishes the sense of achievement.

For who? Me? No.

I play games to have fun.

If I am having fun leveling a job, why would it matter to me if you are not leveling a job?

[User201109011315]

For who? Me? No.

I play games to have fun.

If I am having fun leveling a job, why would it matter to me if you are not leveling a job?

Because I'm taking performance-enhancing drugs to best you in a sport you are playing. Anyway, I'm bored of talking about you now.

[Crica]

Because I'm taking performance-enhancing drugs to best you in a sport you are playing. Anyway, I'm bored of talking about you now.

Sport?

I am not competing with you when I level my jobs.

I level jobs because it is fun for me.

You have nothing to do with the reason I level my jobs.

There is no sport if there is no competitor.

[Azurymber]

Sport?

I am not competing with you when I level my jobs.

I level jobs because it is fun for me.

You have nothing to do with the reason I level my jobs.

There is no sport if there is no competitor.

do you honestly think an MMO where everyone can just cheat and get anything would ever be a success?

Neuroscience has shown humans gain large amounts of satisfaction from being better than those around them (ingame terms: having e-peen gear). This is a large part of why capitalism works. So knowing that, do you really think people want a game where everyone is automatically and forever essentially equal?

[Rhomagus]

Because it decreases the value of a level 50. It demerits the accomplishment. It diminishes the sense of achievement.

I already referenced this when I presented what my Nephew gets out of video games and what I get out of video games. Travel mechanics are also completely different than group based battle mechanics and economic mechanics. She was comparing apples and oranges, again, but Crica's viewpoint still stands as it's subjective.