Too Weak To Be Worthwhile - Teleporting

[Rhomagus]

ffxi did end up implementing personal chocobos a couple years in + you could essentially instaport to the cities if you got the outpost warps to the areas around them (was a 1min walk). That 1 min walk in effect let new players see rank 75s in epic gear run past and gave them an incentive to keep leveling.They weren't there for the instant teleport. They were more than likely there for some quest objective. If you have quest objectives that involve the city and give reasons to be in those cities then you'll have new players witnessing the veterans. Airships were mainly for going to Kazahm or if you were in jeuno.They still wasted too much time.

i think the reason i liked it so much is because when you started the game it meant something to be in your home region and you identified with your home nation and got used to it.I agree with this. There should be more done to really identify with your home. Grand Companies is a start, but more quests that draw the line between nations is a big one. I know the conquest system in XI was a big one especially in the beginning. I remember getting into a /shout match in the Valkurm Dunes when I, and every other NA, was a new player. They did a great job of differentiating the nations in that sense. Like going from San'doria to Windurst was a big deal and took time.And was cool the first time, but was despised subsequent times thereafter.

They need to add more nation differentiating content. More quests to tie us to our home nation. More lore that pits us apart but for the most part we come together. XI did do a good job in that respect. It was generally a server wide consensus that Bastok and San' D'oria hated each other but both thought that Windurst was cool and Windurst just wished it was closer to Valkurm Dunes because they liked both of the other nations equally. Put more emotional distance between the nations, not physical.