Quote Originally Posted by Velhart View Post
It was exactly that. Almost no one traveled through the open world like you should. Most people used oils to sneak past enemies to not fight them or used a Chocobo if allowed to. Stuff like that is fun at first, but if you need to get somewhere, it becomes inconvenient extremely fast. No one enjoyed walking back from the jungles trying to sneak past Goblins that could kill you.
That's a bit of a slippery argument. While trying to survive sneaking through dangerous areas was probably not something that people looked forward to specifically, it adds to the challenge of the game. Adds another layer if you will.

The viewpoint of "it's inconvenient, we don't need it!" can be applied to many things in an MMO. For example, we still have to run quite a bit in this game. It's inconvenient and takes time. The mob packs that we run through barely bat an eye, so what is the point? Perhaps we should be given bot location hacks? Obviously I'm taking that argument to the extreme, but where exactly do you draw the line with things being time wasters and adding to the feel of a game?

Shouldn't the journey be part of the adventure?