MSQ teleports - A simple band-aid for discouragement of new players in ARR

[Edax]

Please tell us how many towns you have come across that have functioning mini aetherytes and no big ones and no connection to big ones. You'll find the answer is exactly zero. Even the housing district mini aetherytes are connected to the network of the corresponding city's main aetheryte.

You don't know your aetheryte lore.

Also a fast way to get to Vesper Bay is: Limsa > Arcanist's Guild > Take boat directly to Vesper Bay. You don't have to ride from Horizon.

Doesn't mean it's in the lore that mini-Aetheryte need a big one. I direct you to the wiki: http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Aetheryte which does not mention that Aetheryte shards require being connected to a big one. Your own head-canon doesn't count.

Also a fast way to get to Vesper Bay is: Limsa > Arcanist's Guild > Take boat directly to Vesper Bay. You don't have to ride from Horizon.

And even you have to recognize how convoluted that is to reach the Main Story Quest Hub. I've already mentioned the ferry so explaining this to me was completely unnecessary.

[Penthea]

Doesn't mean it's in the lore that mini-Aetheryte need a big one. I direct you to the wiki: http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Aetheryte which does not mention that Aetheryte shards require being connected to a big one. Your own head-canon doesn't count.

But you don't use your head and think why are mini-aetherytes never completely on their own? Why are they always connected to a big one? The game may not explicitly say it, but the intention is clear.

And even you have to recognize how convoluted that is to reach the Main Story Quest Hub. I've already mentioned the ferry so explaining this to me was completely unnecessary.

No my issue was never getting to the Waking Sands. My issue mostly lies in how the quests could be condensed for better storytelling, as there was a lot of needless "go talk to this person, this person, then this person" sometimes even in the same area. That's quite silly. Some of them play like single quests broken into several pieces.