Teleport NEEDS to be changed!!

[darkstarpoet1]

I made a thread on this as well. http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...not-durability.

Same situation. Most of the people who still play this game want to be spoon fed. They don't want there to be any penalty upon death. The sad part is, this batch of people make up a very small minority of potential customers. If SE bases its decisions upon what this small group of people want, the game will fail miserably.

actually if you want to use the small minority i would have to say you are the small minority. remember the majority of mmo fanbases play wow. using your logic this game should be exactly that way. i am not a wow player, but wanted to use your scenario.

people want to attack these minor issues when the major focus should be on content and a way to get the new classes in the game. i say minor issue because my main character did run to the camps because that was my choice to get the nodes. there are still a few nodes i do not have on my main and yes i could get someone to teleport me to them, but that's not what i want to do. the key is i have the choice and chose to run them, but if someone else wants to teleport that is fine with me also.

[Argh]

actually if you want to use the small minority i would have to say you are the small minority. remember the majority of mmo fanbases play wow. .

wrong!

in reality YOU are the minority. this can be easily proven by 2 facts; that more players are in ffxi than this game, and that there isn't enough of your kind to sustain it. the majority of real players have left a long time ago.

more content is not going to save this game. the real players did not even play past rank 20 so they did not even care to see all of the game's current content as it is. your "more content" logic is flawed. remolding poop by throwing additional poop on top of it is still poop.

[Linkurrra]

2. There's no lore in being able to just "magically" teleport to anywhere at any time from level 1. We should only be able to teleport from Aetheryte crystals.

In response to not having lore check the website.

Though the exact mechanism behind teleportation via aetheryte is still largely a mystery, one theory states that when a sentient being approaches one of the portals, the aether that makes up its body resonates with the aether of the crystals, which in turn results in a complete breakdown of the being’s mass, allowing it to temporarily return to the invisible aetheric streams that course throughout the planet. The being’s soul, which cannot be broken down, then guides the particles to a pre-determined destination, and upon arrival, the corresponding aetheryte receptacle reconfigures the mist back into its original form. This whole process takes only a matter of moments, allowing for nearly instant transportation to faraway destinations.

However, being broken down to the aetheric level can take its toll on one’s body, and rest is often required after several consecutive jumps, especially as the distance becomes greater. As a precaution, most city-states strongly discourage over-teleporting, as it can lead to irreversible damage...

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/#/gameplay/guildleves Click on Aetheryte

I think this is pretty good proof that there is Lore reason to back up having teleportation in game.

Though once they add Chocobo's and Airships I kinda wonder what will happen to Teleportation. Will it remain but be much more sparse when they add new areas which is the main reason for Chocobo's and Airships? or will teleportation get removed or reduced? Hmmm...

[BelgianRofl]

http://www.microsofttranslator.com/b...ds/2149-FF11-2

[BelgianRofl]

Argh, you fit in with the majority of Japanese players. It looks like the majority of NA players do not like challenging games. Hence, WOW. You and I are elitest players, and we are a minority. Unfortunately with the way it looks things are headed, MMOs are not our gig... We need to either go back to FFXI or play competitive multiplayer games.

FFXIV is going to fail anyway if it merely tries to be another WOW clone.

[Blitz0309]

Well my old ffxi account is gone.. though i just reordered ffxi on steam. Going to start a new char when the servers come up lol.

I'd rather play a game i've pretty much beaten (at least in terms of leveling most jobs to cap) then play ffxiv at this point. Even getting some of the group that i started 11 with to join in.

I still hope this game is worth playing eventually. But i'm going to go have fun with a final fantasy title in the mean time .

[darkstarpoet1]

belgian i agree with you and argh is that personally i like to run from node to node which is why i am a r50 and still do not have them all. all i was saying is that it was our choice and we do so because we like the adventure. i just don't see how if i have a person in my party and we go to mor dohna and they get the port with us it is hurting myself or others to do so.

if someone would explain why or how this hurts how i play my game i am all ears and will listen.

[BelgianRofl]

belgian i agree with you and argh is that personally i like to run from node to node which is why i am a r50 and still do not have them all. all i was saying is that it was our choice and we do so because we like the adventure. i just don't see how if i have a person in my party and we go to mor dohna and they get the port with us it is hurting myself or others to do so.

if someone would explain why or how this hurts how i play my game i am all ears and will listen.

The reason it should be changed for everybody is because achievements in MMOs give people something to look forward to. By giving everyone access, to all teleports from level 1, the achievement is being taken away. You do not have to earn ANYTHING in this game. It's cool earning access to a zone or area that other people haven't earned yet - it's a cool feeling, and it gives a sense of mystery to lower players.

Think about how cool it was walking around in Sky fighting gods, knowing that you're doing something that lower lvl players can only ponder...

FFXIV is like a welfare-state. Everybody is the same. Everybody has everything... Everybody has nothing. Hell, you can even equip rank 50 gear without getting passed level 10.

I think Yoshi-P has caught onto this notion. Achievement is one of the biggest complaints from the Japanese community. YoshiP is trying to figure out how to add rank requirements to gear... why?? Goal oriented achievements, giving people something to look forward to.

[Mana-Font]

FF MMO's post Abyssea = Broken....

TBH go play Rift, it is an amazing game. Has everything you want Belgian and more.

[BelgianRofl]

FF MMO's post Abyssea = Broken....

TBH go play Rift, it is an amazing game. Has everything you want Belgian and more.

Can't. It looks too much like a WOW clone. Plus I can't get passed the shotty character animations and ice-skating that goes along with a wow clone.


If Square Enix wanted to make my wildest dreams come true, they'd create new FFXI servers for new characters only. I bet these new servers would draw 100k people.