Does instant transportation effect game immersion?

[PrettyPrincess]

Except the airship is already an instance, just like the ferry

[HoneyBoy]

The word "immersion" is now the official XIV troll word!

[Carzilla]

still waiting on immersion. all this game consist of are "go kill that monster missions" and large amounts of miniscule text. this game needs "physical immersion"

ex.. http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...370#post327370

[Charismatic]

People keep talking about immersion, but I'm not so immersed when I keep alt+tabbing out of the game when I'm either a) on auto-run b) trying to look up the median price on this item I just got since there's no sorta price history for em and I have no clue what the value is c) riding the ferry and so on.

You know what, I'm actually more immersed in the game when I'm getting things done in the game. Teleporting with anima doesn't hurt this, I doubt teleporting in the case of the airship deal would hurt it at all either. I'm sure I can't be the only one!

[PrettyPrincess]

like x100 ^

[weeble]

since there is like 3 full threads running at same time on this i'll add what i did to the other lol.

they said first they would add the boat after..as in first the cutsceen only. then they said sorry we meant we will add boat latter but u will still have choice to skip the boat. from what i understand.... that is where we stand.

WE WILL BE ABLE TO SKIP THE BOAT. YAAAAY.

truthfully i still don't get what the big deal is, it's a boat ride to the city, the cities needed instant travel between the 3, the reason the cities are all empty is cause they take to long to run too. this will unite them better. outside this everyone still has option later to jump on the boat to fish, and do the content they add on it. u act like no one is gonna ride the boat, everyone will when there is reason too, people will stop riding it when it's pointless and they would of afk the whole ride anyway. 2min ..10min ...so what why would u want to force people that don't want to watch u emote the whole ride to do so.

it really doesn't take anything away from the game, i played ffxi for 700days of gameplay, i plan on playing this one just as much if it don't fail. i want it to be as punishing on content and grind as possible, but the whole boat ride thing is just ..... its just ..... i don't get what it is to you lol. is just a waist of time to me like any run longer then 5mins. i did looooooooots of running in ffxi, but it didn't feel punishing, taking them long runs to boyda were the longest runs, my fav probably still running to and threw dunes from crystal... 5mins? fun but a reason for it, u was running to camps. all running is for reason, not for repetition all day long. can't say this enough times. i want just as much a big world ...nothing handed to me, but the boat ride? come on. ...we don't even have content yet and we do enough running. in another 6-8months forget it, u'll be waisting 1-3hrs a day on running and boat rides if u play all day and are enjoying all of the content, and not being worried about doing things for 30mins here an 30mins there an not feel like your screwed on time, anima and aggravation.

[Charismatic]

Thankfully they don't speak for the whole community!

[Fiosha_Maureiba]

Haven’t read most of the thread, but in regards to instant transportation affecting my immersion, it depends.


If it’s to a location I’ve been before or go frequently, then no. I chalk it up as “tuning out during the commute.”
FFXI commute has cost me many parties and if anything, that ruins my immersion, because I lost a chance to play with others.


From, “Sorry, died on the way there. You’ll have to wait longer.” “We have to break camp to get her, oh wait, since we’re at the entrance, I’m calling it a night/need to sell anyway/rearrange my mog house” “Oh that’s too far, we’re only going to be here another hour.”



Instant transportation is a price I’m willing to pay (or benefit from) to have more time spent with others than wishing there were a better way to get to point A to B.

[weeble]

well all of Fiosha_Maureiba's reasons for me are reasons to not have instant ports, i want instant, but not to the point that these things don't happen. i like the chances of death on way to places, i want to be chased by a gob all way to selbina entrance ..i like sneak and invis. though i only think our dol is getting those. but either way i want instant but i still hope pain and suffering is brought on to us all after we land after the instant port lol.

[PrettyPrincess]

This argument is totally based on the Social Judgement Theory. Yay I learned something in Instructional Design!