The Hinterlands could kind of use an Aetheryte

[Cabalabob]

An aetheryte would be nice. People forget that they're not only used for travel but as home points. When doing leves in the hinterlands if you die there is no home pointing and trying again. 1 shot. And if you mess up, duty failed, hinterlands is the only zone with leves where this is a thing.

[Evangela]

because Idylshire has enough people to make it super lag. putting it in the same map as the hinterlands and allow people to mount in the shire would make it worse.

[Dement]

because Idylshire has enough people to make it super lag. putting it in the same map as the hinterlands and allow people to mount in the shire would make it worse.

It's not so much putting Idyllshire in the Hinterlands. I like Idyllshire having a separate zone. What the OP wants and I agree with is the lack of an aetheryte itself in the Hinterlands. Others seem to be talking about an aethernet (like the cities) but I don't like that idea either. I just want a way to get into the Hinterlands without double zoning. I don't want to load into Idyllshire, run through the city and then load into the Hinterlands to do anything there.

[Raffounz]

I hope alexander savage entrance is not in hinterlands... without Aetherite...

[Ayanno]

because Idylshire has enough people to make it super lag. putting it in the same map as the hinterlands and allow people to mount in the shire would make it worse.

Dravanian Forelands has TWO aetherites, no cities. Many other zones(read: all of them) has at least one aetherite not connected to a city/hub. Can you imagine if the only way to get to Lower La Noscea was to use Limsa's aetherite? It's the same thing.

Only reasoning I can see is laziness on the devs part.

[SendohJin]

We'll look into an easier way to get out to the Dravanian Hinterlands from Idyllshire's aetheryte.

how hard would it be to enable mounts in Idyllshire like the housing zones. don't even have to enable flight. if i can teleport into Idyllshire and stay on my mount, ride my mount and fly after the zone line that would be enough for me.

[Kallera]

Hinterlands had an aetheryte, it's busted.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

how hard would it be to enable mounts in Idyllshire like the housing zones. don't even have to enable flight. if i can teleport into Idyllshire and stay on my mount, ride my mount and fly after the zone line that would be enough for me.

I don't need idlers parked on top of NPCs with their giant mounts, thanks.

[Noxifer]

I agree with the homepoint reasoning with leves. And I like the idea of 'restoring' aetherytes via quests (even if it doesn't do anything about the leve failure issue NOW, it'd at least improve that condition in the future).

As a temporary measure, how about adding the gates of Idyllshire as aetheryte net points? Similar to how gates are treated in the three main cities, I mean. While it wouldn't solve the "two loading screens" issue, it would mean you wouldn't have to run all the way to the gate.

[lordoftheapes79]

We'll look into an easier way to get out to the Dravanian Hinterlands from Idyllshire's aetheryte.

Maybe like in cities with an aetherite system where you can click on the crystal to teleport out.