Quote Originally Posted by Alahra View Post
I am, honestly, against most forms of fast travel (including the over abundance of Aetheryte's for teleporting—I would much prefer a system more like FFXI's with a few central teleports and nothing more), and also against "queue anywhere" systems (like FFXIV's Duty Finder or WoW's Dungeon Finder) for similar reasons, as they make the best ways to play not involve actually really ever being in the world.

I get that, to an extent. When I'm off doing my own thing, sometimes I prefer to take the more-scenic (and less-efficient) route just to take in the sights and atmosphere. Sometimes on WoW I'd travel on ground instead of air just to see things from a different perspective for a change.

But then when it's time to do group activities, I'm glad to have the option for faster travel. I certainly would NOT want to go back to the days of FFXI where you had to pay a WHM to teleport you someplace, a BLM to warp you home, or take a VERY long boat or chocobo ride, possibly miss the airship and wait at the dock for the next one, etc. No thanks.