Does instant transportation effect game immersion?

[Rhomagus]

Rhomagus I fking love you! Such a beautiful post it hath brought tears to my eyes ; ;

Thank you

[Bled]

You sir are confusing immersion with waiting.
The immersion in call of duty is not done by forcing you to sit in the back of a plane for fifteen minutes while you fly to a dropzone. The immersion in FIFA is not done by having the player wait in a locker room for half an hour while all the fans pour into the stadium.
Likewise, the immersion in FFXIV does not benefit from excessive travel times or waiting on an airship, though it does simulate that experience quite well in that I'll end up playing a handheld game whether I'm waiting on an airship in-game or waiting on a plane in real life.

you are confusing what you don't enjoy in a game with what immersion is actually defined as and used for. at some points in life standing and looking out at a scenic view, or waiting for a trip to end is part of a immersive factor. Again i would like to emphasize standing still is not all that immersion is but rather 1/10000000 of a part of immersion, as NPC's actually moving around a city would be another 1/10000000 of immersion. Slowing down is not naturally a bad thing in a game, but this new emerging mind set believes that gear scores, and raid running is the only appropriate mechanic of a game; so hey if that's what gets you off i suggest looking outside of the final fantasy franchise.

[PrettyPrincess]

Thank you

Yup!

I think if more people posted like you do I would actually take some discussions here seriously

[Jaber]

you are confusing what you don't enjoy in a game with what immersion is actually defined as and used for. at some points in life standing and looking out at a scenic view, or waiting for a trip to end is part of a immersive factor. Again i would like to emphasize standing still is not all that immersion is but rather 1/10000000 of a part of immersion as NPC actually moving around a city would be another 1/10000000 of immersion. Slowing down is not naturally a bad thing in a game, but this new emerging mind set believes that gear scores, and raid running is the only appropriate mechanic of a game so hey if that what you enjoy i suggest looking outside of the final fantasy franchise.

Which is why I asked you for examples of games that are popular because people enjoy having to wait without having the option to do otherwise. I don't understand why you cannot enjoy your waiting while other people have the option of not waiting if they so choose(since it's pretty obvious from all the topics that it's quite a divided issue).
Because you won't have anyone to wait with? If it was something everyone enjoyed, why wouldn't there be anyone to wait with? If it's forced, the people who don't enjoy it are just going to be AFK, and you end up no better off while they end up inconvenienced.

[Jobeto-Rin]

Long live the old mmorpgs

I hope something is cultivated to compensate for our ever decreasing lack of immersion.

[Jaber]

Long live the old mmorpgs

I, for one, would like FFXIV to live long enough to be considered 'old' rather than 'dead'

[Rhomagus]

Yup!

I think if more people posted like you do I would actually take some discussions here seriously

I hope you don't mind if I included your compliments in my signature. I left your name out for anonymity. I'll remove it if you ask. I'm truly flattered.

[Jobeto-Rin]

I, for one, would like FFXIV to live long enough to be considered 'old' rather than 'dead'

Same here. I think materia will be very nice addition to the game. Can't wait for the next patch.

[PrettyPrincess]

I hope you don't mind if I included your compliments in my signature. I left your name out for anonymity. I'll remove it if you ask. I'm truly flattered.

AHHHHHH /blush

[Jobeto-Rin]

btw Rhomagus, you didn't respond to my post. What question did i not answer?