Theres a thing called anima

[Quanta]

He can already teleport EVERYwhere. He never HAS to wait for transportation.

Anima is a limited resource, and once you're out of it, your only solution at the moment is to go around on foot. It's one of the reasons that Ul'dah is the centre of the universe: few people, at least in my opinion, want to waste anima or go on a 30-minute run just to get additional leves or check the markets; they'd rather gather in one place and save their resources for other things.

[Jynx]

The Anima regeneration rate is ridiculous.... people that play almost everyday are always out of Anima. I get the part where they don't want pple to abuse it but don't exagerate.... it needs to regenerate a bit faster or at least let us buy Anima, make it really expensive so there's no abuse but we need a solution.

I play almost everyday, do 8 leves per reset and do the Darkhold every monday and wednesday. Do tell how it's amazing that I am actually gaining anima?

You know what the solution to your anima issue is?

Walking.

[chocothief]

He can already teleport EVERYwhere. He never HAS to wait for transportation.

That is partially true. Nobody can teleport everywhere, and eventually we have to wait for transportation. Anima is the only valuable currency in the game right now. The point of airships would be quick travel between the cities to visit the crafting guild of your choice, check various market wards and meet up with friends in a time friendly manner without using anima. If I have to wait 10-20 minutes to get there, nothing changes for me (and most other players) because we will simply teleport.

Arguments against this are asinine. There is a fine line between maintaining immersion and punishing players. I wouldn't mind if airships were a group instance where you talk to an npc and have the option to sleep through the ride, and pop out on the other side. The players who wish to ride the thing for the whole time are free to.

Can anyone explain why forcing every player to sit and be bored is a good thing? There are enough time sinks in the game as-is.

[Jynx]

There are enough time sinks in the game as-is.

Like?

Leveling is the only time-sink we have at all, it's not about the time sink anyways it's not even really about imersion. It's about being a balanced system that makes sense. Whats the point of the instant airships in the long run? It serves no purpose other than allowing people to jump between towns that were initially spread out for a reason, this crushes any of that reason, or effort that went into creating a map that seperates the cities at all.

It's akin to having a door at the end of each city that magically connects them all, you don't travel to them, you just pop from one to the other.

[DeadRiser]

Now I'm butthurt. Options aren't always a good thing.

If they keep up with this bending to what every crowd wants... Square just needs to make their own decisions

[chocothief]

Like?

Leveling is the only time-sink we have at all, it's not about the time sink anyways it's not even really about imersion. It's about being a balanced system that makes sense. Whats the point of the instant airships in the long run? It serves no purpose other than allowing people to jump between towns that were initially spread out for a reason, this crushes any of that reason, or effort that went into creating a map that seperates the cities at all.

It's akin to having a door at the end of each city that magically connects them all, you don't travel to them, you just pop from one to the other.

Keep running between them if you want. Run everywhere. This discussion is insane and I am done with it.

[Charismatic]

Jynx, when I get my airships and instant travel... you can keep running bro. Do what feels good. I'm just glad I won't have to hoof it along side you.
Isn't it great that we'll both have options?

[Kiote]

The worst part about this is, it's probably going to have absolutely no requirement for using it.. People are just going to be level 1 instant porting from city to city. Every quest in the game will become meaningless because they all involve running to the next city. Instant port airship will essentially make all of the very little content in this game take less than a week to finish.

[Kiote]

Whats the point of a game where nothing requires anything ever. No Time needed, No Skill needed, No Cost required, it's pathetic.

[Charismatic]

Yes, because instant travel airships makes that happen...
Clearly adding instant travel makes the darkhold take less skill. Clearly.