Can we get an immersive mode without teleport?

[Ferra]

I echo the overall sentiment of this thread: You can take it off your hotbar and never see it again. It's in a tab in your spellbook that you never need to click on for anything except LB.

Feel like this whole thread is getting blown out of proportion.

[PlushyprincessMusa]

Op do you mean like Airships and boats? In that case I agree those would be great to have an immersive mode without teleporting (even if its like a hour in game time on a random sky or water thing with a teleport at the end would be great.)

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Op do you mean like Airships and boats? In that case I agree those would be great to have an immersive mode without teleporting (even if its like a hour in game time on a random sky or water thing with a teleport at the end would be great.)

Boats and airships already exist...

[PlushyprincessMusa]

Boats and airships already exist...

there instance movement is my point.. yes they "exist" (i don't really count it as existing personally because of this very reason) but they aren't immersive its a pay then boom your there

[Illmaeran]

I understand your sentiment, OP. Even though I appreciate being able to teleport, lately I've been going back and walking through the ARR zones to get a renewed appreciation for the design and to immerse myself in the world again like I experienced before flying was a thing. I've got to say that I've really been enjoying it.

At this point in the development of the game, it's unlikely that they'll implement a non-teleport server or toggle option, but you can always choose to not do it. I sympathize with having the temptation to do it if it's available (I've tried playing without teleporting), but if you want to play that way, you'll need to discipline yourself. I hope you're able to do so and can enjoy "immersive mode" in your day-to-day play.

Regards,
IQ

[ItMe]

Can we get an immersive mode that can be toggled on, or off, in the setting, that disables teleport unless you are at an aetherite?

I actually love having to journey from place to place, and it would be cool to have a mode where teleport is not an option. Seems like it may be easy to implement.

Would you also run to where dungeons are on the map to que into them?
Or will you use the duty finder to enter whatever you want from wherever you happen to be?

[Bsrking5]

When i do RP, i like to not teleport. Old fashion hitching a ride on boats, airships, ext. But i wouldn't complain if there was a toggle option to see those cutscenes when doing those means of traveling to add a bit more immervise effect. Just like i would like an autoskip cutscene for deploying a airship/sub in fc workshop.
If you can't resist the urge to teleport thats more of a you problem then anything else.

[Bsrking5]

Would you also run to where dungeons are on the map to que into them?
Or will you use the duty finder to enter whatever you want from wherever you happen to be?

Unless you're doing a roulette you have to do it anyways, at least to unlock it. Whether or not you stay there until queue pops is a different matter.

[Vidu]

Op do you mean like Airships and boats? In that case I agree those would be great to have an immersive mode without teleporting (even if its like a hour in game time on a random sky or water thing with a teleport at the end would be great.)

Out of intrest: How would the boats and airships feel more immersive? You get a cutscene (unless you've turned that off) showing departure and arrival - would you prefer that cutscene to actually show the full duration of the journey? Specially in case of traveling to the far east that would be... intresting, considering that said journey takes several weeks...

[Ronduwil]

Some of you sound offended lol, didn't mean to offend anyone it was just a random thought I had. It's totally okay if you disagree, I wasn't criticizing the game for not having it or anything like that, it was just a random thought

That's because some of us came from WoW, and we laughed this idea off back in the day when a handful of crazy players demanded that Blizzard remove flying. The next thing you know, that became their go-to stance in the WoD expansion, and they've stood by ever since, to the point where even in the face of a chorus of boos over it at Blizzcon, they reaffirmed their commitment to withholding flight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y22zkAwyZ0

Ion makes their position pretty clear with this statement, taken from the video: "If it annoys everyone a little bit, it's probably better than the alternatives."

It's not. You're seeing the alternative right now, which is a mass exodus of players from WoW to here. I guarantee that if Bozja suddenly became the model for all the new FFXIV areas going forward, I would no longer be pre-purchasing FFXIV expansions. If you want to walk, then walk. Don't impose that on the rest of us.