I keep wondering why the people against jump can't ever come up with a reasonable argument for their crusade against that feature. I say crusade because they are dead set against it and they show it with a passion. And yet, all i hear is " i don't see what it would add to the game, even tho' there's walls of text from people for it that explain why and how it would be a good feature. Even without the explanation, there's ton of MMOs out there that have it and that should be a good example enough. Oh and don't tell me that jump in WOW is only there to make you look like a monkey, because in WOW your freedom of exploration and general traveling is far superior to FFXI and FFXIV. It doesn't feel restrictive in any way. Pure freedom.

SO in the end it all comes down to these people are probably afraid of major changes or are just FFXI fanboys who want FFXIV to ressemble XI as closely as possible or just WOW haters who dislike absolutely anything that game has to offer, even if 80% of them never played it.

Bottom line if you don't see what jumping adds to the game, then just shut up about it and let the other people who want it enjoy it. You keep walking my friends that's all.