Theres a thing called anima

[chocothief]

You guys are playing an MMO your playing it to kill time as it is. You should manage your anima better, I play every day and have 90 anima. Theres a thing where, if your in a party and you always ride the airship they are going to get mad that you wont do it instant..... Wont party with you no more youll lose friends, SO EVEN IF I WANTED TO RIDE THE SHIP I COULDNT

I play for entertainment, not a time sink. I don't get super involved with the dungeons because they take hours of setup(for success) and I don't have time for that. Riding the airship won't be much help for parties anyway except to meet in a certain city. for instance I would like to have my HP be Gridania, but with the market wards and most people staying in Uldah I just leave my HP there. If I have to wait for airship to meet my friends I will just teleport. If I have to wait 15 minutes to go check if an item is for sale I will just teleport. Adding the airship as a time sink is stupid, there are plenty of ways to waste time. I want to be entertained. It is call PLAYING for a reason.

[Rokien]

I play for entertainment, not a time sink. I don't get super involved with the dungeons because they take hours of setup(for success) and I don't have time for that. Riding the airship won't be much help for parties anyway except to meet in a certain city. for instance I would like to have my HP be Gridania, but with the market wards and most people staying in Uldah I just leave my HP there. If I have to wait for airship to meet my friends I will just teleport. If I have to wait 15 minutes to go check if an item is for sale I will just teleport. Adding the airship as a time sink is stupid, there are plenty of ways to waste time. I want to be entertained. It is call PLAYING for a reason.

(late response) Why are you even playing an MMO then? Why is anyone? If you dont wanna spend time growing your character, exploring while doing this and that, go play a single player game(EVEN THEY HAVE TIME SYNCS TO MAKE GAME LONGER). Your guys logic doesn't make sense at all, I'm sorry.


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[DNO]

(late response) Why are you even playing an MMO then? Why is anyone? If you dont wanna spend time growing your character, exploring while doing this and that, go play a single player game(EVEN THEY HAVE TIME SYNCS TO MAKE GAME LONGER). Your guys logic doesn't make sense at all, I'm sorry.


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how in the world is an airship ride growing your character?
listen and listen clear. waiting on an airship NOT fun.
Getting to were you need to go? FUN.
please get that.

[Kiote]

how in the world is an airship ride growing your character?
listen and listen clear. waiting on an airship NOT fun.
Getting to were you need to go? FUN.
please get that.

Having A living active world = fun

Easy mode teleport everywhere in seconds = not fun

[Quanta]

(late response) Why are you even playing an MMO then? Why is anyone? If you dont wanna spend time growing your character, exploring while doing this and that, go play a single player game(EVEN THEY HAVE TIME SYNCS TO MAKE GAME LONGER). Your guys logic doesn't make sense at all, I'm sorry.


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Nowhere in his post does he suggest that he doesn't want to spend time developing a character, or even explore, only that he wants his time to be well-spent. Having to wait for access to transportation, and then having to wait for said transportation to reach its destination, adds nothing to the game experience, and only serves to draw things out.

[Kiote]

Nowhere in his post does he suggest that he doesn't want to spend time developing a character, or even explore, only that he wants his time to be well-spent. Having to wait for access to transportation, and then having to wait for said transportation to reach its destination, adds nothing to the game experience, and only serves to draw things out.

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

[Maxthunder]

I play for entertainment, not a time sink. I don't get super involved with the dungeons because they take hours of setup(for success) and I don't have time for that. Riding the airship won't be much help for parties anyway except to meet in a certain city. for instance I would like to have my HP be Gridania, but with the market wards and most people staying in Uldah I just leave my HP there. If I have to wait for airship to meet my friends I will just teleport. If I have to wait 15 minutes to go check if an item is for sale I will just teleport. Adding the airship as a time sink is stupid, there are plenty of ways to waste time. I want to be entertained. It is call PLAYING for a reason.

1st off if you are out of animas do hamlet defense to regain your animas, its not hard. 2nd the airships should not be instant travel they need to do them like they did in 11. I dont see why every1 is in suck a rush, but yes airships and boats need to have realism and not some instant travel, thats what animas/teleports are for period.

[KaiKatzchen]

You guys are playing an MMO your playing it to kill time as it is. You should manage your anima better, I play every day and have 90 anima. Theres a thing where, if your in a party and you always ride the airship they are going to get mad that you wont do it instant..... Wont party with you no more youll lose friends, SO EVEN IF I WANTED TO RIDE THE SHIP I COULDNT

I would think that most people would use their anima if there was something going on and they were needed right then. You never mentioned that aspect in your 'story time'. From reading your first post it sounds like you expect people to use anima 24/7 every single time they need to go somewhere. If they aren't being waited on by someone then what do you care how they use their time?

For someone who plays every day, this isn't a logical use of anima. If I am not in a rush and not needed right then by someone then no, I do not use my anima and I will gladly run or take the boat. Why should I waste my anima when I am not in a rush, or not needed right away by someone?

If you are meaning for people to use their anima in an instance where they are needed at that moment for a dungeon/party etc and you have had too wait on people for this fact... then that needs to be specified because your OP doesn't state that exact fact.

Anyway I remember many instances in FFXI where it took a while to get from point A to point B and parties would have to wait 10-15+ minutes for the new members to get there. Other times it wasn't as bad as that... seems to me if you always hate on people for taking longer than you deem necessary you might run out of people to party with by not wanting to party with them anymore.

[AlexSag]

If given the option IRL to instantly be at my destination rather than having to spend time on public transportation getting there, I would pick instant travel every time. I'm not playing the game to take a scenic trip through the realm and if I was, I would just run around taking a scenic trip through the realm. I played FFXI a lot and the airship ride was a complete waste of time an overwhelming majority of the times I rode it. There were a few fun times here and there and I mean who doesn't love trying to ID a specific looking passenger over and over, but if given the option I would totally skip it. I think it's awesome that I can be spared what probably amounted to several hours of wasted play time due to the real time airship ride.

[Sephrick]

You guys are playing an MMO your playing it to kill time as it is. You should manage your anima better, I play every day and have 90 anima. Theres a thing where, if your in a party and you always ride the airship they are going to get mad that you wont do it instant..... Wont party with you no more youll lose friends, SO EVEN IF I WANTED TO RIDE THE SHIP I COULDNT

So we all need to sit around and wait because one person wants to take the scenic route? Why would you take an airship to a party anyway? Just use anima to get to camp and save airships for personal time. That why when they add in the longer version of the flight, it really is a personal choice.