Teleport System

[Mega]

Lets not argue for the sake of "casual" or "hardcore". I am a casual player myself and here I am stating teleporting in FFXIV is horrible. Do i really need to explain how I'm casual? Nah. Look, we're all riding the same boat together and how this game changes effects everyone equally. Thats what makes MMOs fun. We all start from the same place and our actions dictate where we go.

I want a game where I can get bigger and go farther based on the time I've put in. If thats not your thing, then why are you playing MMORPGs?

[Nephera]

Lets not argue for the sake of "casual" or "hardcore". I am a casual player myself and here I am stating teleporting in FFXIV is horrible. Do i really need to explain how I'm casual?

While Casual and Hardcore are archetypes we use to describe play styles there's really degrees to which you can be in either camp. TLDR your casual is not equal to someone else's casual. And regardless of how hardcore someone is they could also only have an hour a week to play.

Nah. Look, we're all riding the same boat together and how this game changes effects everyone equally.

Yes, that is why we need compromise, teleporting is a feature that is completely opt in. People didnt boycott oblivion because it had fast travel, even though some people complained endlessly that it was in the game and went so far as to mod it out when it was a feature that was completely ignorable, at the end of the day these people looked like a group only interested in telling other players how they should play their game.

Yes anima should go up in cost when the other methods of travel come out, no it should absolutely not be removed entirely. If i dont have people waiting on me I will probably take a chocobo or an airship to save anima unless i only have an hour.

I want a game where I can get bigger and go farther based on the time I've put in. If thats not your thing, then why are you playing MMORPGs?

well i can think of a few reasons that people who are not you(which are most people, I'm no expert on who is who but i'm fairly sure thats right) might have:

In regards to the travel dillema exclusively:
A) your friends got you into the mmo and you want to play with them but you dont have nearly as much time
B)you want to get something done other than walking done in your limited time available
C) you have a linkshell full of people you like and you want to be able to participate in things that linkshells do without them waiting on you (though this is possibly a repetition of C, you're more likely to be kicked from a linkshell [if you ls leader is a jerk] if you miss a lot of events.Rather than get kicked from your circle of friends who probably have a little more patience with you ).
D) Someone may have friends who themselves dont have much time to waste.

In regards to the time=might mentality in general:
E) Some people like a game that rewards based on effort as much as time. (Take raid reward systems for example: why only award one item for 20 people who ALL put in their effort? Assuming nobody was shirking their duties during the raid doesnt everyone deserve some reward? This is why a lot of games implement token systems now so you dont get completely shafted for putting in a bunch of effort for nothing.)
F) you are always going to be a step ahead of people that have less time than you always so why stomp all over them( XI has all the people its going to get because it pushes casuals into the sand)

g) you can implement systems that cater to both crowds and many games do this

[BelgianRofl]

Lets not argue for the sake of "casual" or "hardcore". I am a casual player myself and here I am stating teleporting in FFXIV is horrible. Do i really need to explain how I'm casual? Nah. Look, we're all riding the same boat together and how this game changes effects everyone equally. Thats what makes MMOs fun. We all start from the same place and our actions dictate where we go.

I want a game where I can get bigger and go farther based on the time I've put in. If thats not your thing, then why are you playing MMORPGs?

Are you listening, Square-Enix?