Does instant transportation effect game immersion?

[Azurymber]

Hey, I've just come up with an idea that you may actually like.

Being serious here, not trying to troll, so hear me out on this:

Jumping between leves and camps to do leves does, within moderate levels of reason, ruin the sense that you are doing something that should be regarded as 'important'.
That being said, what say you to the idea that when you accept leve quests, be they battle, gathering or crafting, your character's teleport ability is locked out, you cannot use it untill the leves you have are completed. If you were to use the airship whilst in possession of a levequest, you would have to take on it's full trip without a skip option.

When there are no leves left in your journal the teleport function is unlocked again and you can use it to your hearts content (as long as you have enough anima).

This way leves are given a larger sense of purpose without destroying the game for people who don't want to do them, or have already done them and just want to gain some sp (They'd be able to jump around zones to gather materials for instance, to boost some crafting)

Basically all leve/quest related things would lock out your teleport function. It would make these activities last longer, but compel players that like to teleport to do them faster so they could get their teleport operational again.

Some will probably argue this but it was just something that sprang to mind so I thought I'd share it.

I would argue for the complete opposite. Eliminate anima, implement chocobos, and make it so you can insta-warp to any leve you want to do. Leve's are the most boring tedius repetitive part of this game and thus should be the most convenient. Raids, quests, etc, should all entail a journey, either by timed airship, chocobo, or walking. Especially when they are story line based.

[Konachibi]

I would argue for the complete opposite. Eliminate anima, implement chocobos, and make it so you can insta-warp to any leve you want to do. Leve's are the most boring tedius repetitive part of this game and thus should be the most convenient. Raids, quests, etc, should all entail a journey, either by timed airship, chocobo, or walking. Especially when they are story line based.

Well given that we don't have much extra content from leves at the moment, apart from a few dungeons and random stuff, I figured making leves last a bit longer would just help stretch out the playing time a little bit. Obviously once more content was added and more means to travel (like chocobos which I'm going to spend the rest of the game with, bye-bye teleports, chocobos = more fun ) then the leve tele lockout would be moved from leves to something more substantial.

Here's the funny thing, even though me and you have been bickering over immersion all the time, I probably run as much as you do, the only time I use teleport is if I'm short on time and just want to get my last couple of leves done before I have to go do something. All other times I start in La Noscea, do those battle+crafting leves, ride the boat to thana, run to uldah, do all those battle+crafting leves, and then to gridania and finish them all off. I save my anima for should I ever need it or if a linkshell member needs a quick teleport somewhere for some reason.

So yeah, I don't use the word 'immersion' as my excuse to do this marathon jog at every leve reset, but I do do it, and my excuse for it is "this game looks too gawdang pretty to just skip past, I want to admire it"

Even Thanalan can be pretty if you know where to look

[Azurymber]

Well given that we don't have much extra content from leves at the moment, apart from a few dungeons and random stuff, I figured making leves last a bit longer would just help stretch out the playing time a little bit. Obviously once more content was added and more means to travel (like chocobos which I'm going to spend the rest of the game with, bye-bye teleports, chocobos = more fun ) then the leve tele lockout would be moved from leves to something more substantial.

Here's the funny thing, even though me and you have been bickering over immersion all the time, I probably run as much as you do, the only time I use teleport is if I'm short on time and just want to get my last couple of leves done before I have to go do something. All other times I start in La Noscea, do those battle+crafting leves, ride the boat to thana, run to uldah, do all those battle+crafting leves, and then to gridania and finish them all off. I save my anima for should I ever need it or if a linkshell member needs a quick teleport somewhere for some reason.

So yeah, I don't use the word 'immersion' as my excuse to do this marathon jog at every leve reset, but I do do it, and my excuse for it is "this game looks too gawdang pretty to just skip past, I want to admire it"

Even Thanalan can be pretty if you know where to look

yeah lol honestly i prob use insta port way more than you do. I port -everywhere- I can and plan things out so i don't have to run. And when I'm running i dont even look at the screen anymore really. Im mainly worried that the game won't draw new people in and will get shut down.

[Konachibi]

yeah lol honestly i prob use insta port way more than you do. I port -everywhere- I can and plan things out so i don't have to run. And when I'm running i dont even look at the screen anymore really. Im mainly worried that the game won't draw new people in and will get shut down.

So wait... you were saying teleporting ruined immersion but were using it.... and I was saying teleporting didn't ruin immersion and wasn't using it...

Anyone see something wrong here? XD

[Azurymber]

So wait... you were saying teleporting ruined immersion but were using it.... and I was saying teleporting didn't ruin immersion and wasn't using it...

Anyone see something wrong here? XD

lol i dont feel immersed in the game at all, i just dont really care. Its FF so i'll play it regardless.
I just know when skyrim comes out i wont log on much
when SW TOR comes out i wont log on much
etc.

[BruceyBruceyBangBang]

lol i dont feel immersed in the game at all, i just dont really care. Its FF so i'll play it regardless.

I feel like a complete idiot for debating this with you. This comment right here, if it were spoken sooner, people wouldn't even bother with you. Who the hell plays a game they don't enjoy because it's "final fantasy". I love Daniel Day Lewis, but if he pooped on a plate and told me to eat it, I wouldn't because I don't like eating feces. Just because it came from my favorite actor doesn't change how I feel. However, if I were mentally challenged, I prrrrooooobably would have.

[PrettyPrincess]

I feel like a complete idiot for debating this with you. This comment right here, if it were spoken sooner, people wouldn't even bother with you. Who the hell plays a game they don't enjoy because it's "final fantasy". I love Daniel Day Lewis, but if he pooped on a plate and told me to eat it, I wouldn't because I don't like eating feces. Just because it came from my favorite actor doesn't change how I feel. However, if I were mentally challenged, I prrrrooooobably would have.

I am pleased with this post

[Eekiki]

when SW TOR comes out i wont log on much
etc.

I wish EA would hurry up and release that piece of garbage so people here will stop talking about it.

They'll release it, we'll get 2-3 weeks of glorious silence while they go and play it. Then they'll see how rotten it is and be back here threatening to quit for the next over-hyped junk.

Remember back in March, when Crysis 2 was going to be the death of FFXIV? Or April, when it was Portal 2? Remember when BelgianRofl went on for a month about how April 19th was going to be FFXIV's "last day"?

How did that turn out again?

[PrettyPrincess]

I wish EA would hurry up and release that piece of garbage so people here will stop talking about it.

They'll release it, we'll get 2-3 weeks of glorious silence while they go and play it. Then they'll see how rotten it is and be back here threatening to quit for the next over-hyped junk.

Remember back in March, when Crysis 2 was going to be the death of FFXIV? Or April, when it was Portal 2? Remember when BelgianRofl went on for a month about how April 19th was going to be FFXIV's "last day"?

How did that turn out again?

Pretty much this ^