Does instant transportation effect game immersion?

[davysez]

well depends on the person and the situation. such as for many 5mins will be the least valuable of the 3. you can't regenerate 3 anima within 5 mins, nor can most make 30k gil in 5mins. but everyone has 5 minutes of time (if you don't you shouldn't be on the game.)

really the entire argument is 100% opinion based it will very from person to person. which people are going to have to meet in the middle or be SOL. SE's meeting in the middle by adding both. Honestly its all they can really do to make both sides somewhat happy. anything else will anger one side or the other.

Very true. I just wish SE would call it what it is. The insta-ship is not an airship ride, it is a teleport. There is nothing wrong with that, just call it what it is and price it appropriately, for the speed and convenience it provides. Save the airship ride for an actual ride which should be dirt cheap to make up for the few minutes it takes. It comes down to an issue of balance, for me.

That being said, I understand the devs eagerness to implement airships, and a convenient way to travel from city to city without using anima. I think this is a good move, I just hope they tweak it in the future, when zones are redesigned, airship instances are added, etc. and so forth.