Does instant transportation effect game immersion?

[Crica]

right now the game has nowhere near the numbers to survive as an MMO. I think FFXI still has more players. Square has to step the game up and make it competitive to draw in a good 50,000+ regular players.

So now is the time to change things and redesign things.

Choice isn't always good if it will make reviewers say "FFXIV is an instanced easy-moded game which has little to no strategy, has no sense of immersion, and feels like an empty world"

Again, people will play an MMO if it offers the options they enjoy - it's that simple.

Right now, if people would like to play an MMO that offers the option to instantly teleport around the game world, then FFXIV is an MMO they would try out since FFXIV offers the option they are looking for.

Right now, if people would like to play an MMO that offers the option to not instantly teleport around the game world, then FFXIV is an MMO they would try out since FFXIV offers the option they are looking for.

If Square were to remove either of these options, then FFXIV would no longer be an MMO for half of the above players to try out...as well as turn off some of the existing player-base from wanting to continue playing.