Auto path option would it be possible?

[Zeich]

Auto-path still would be fatal in many situations. You mention Penny and Louhi - even if you followed a "safe" path, that path is programmed, and is unlikely to account for where mobs are on that path. Just getting to Penny, you have multiple aggressive mobs: dragons, matanga, moths. You'll wander through their area, and unless you do so manually, there's a very good chance any automated path will get you several points of aggro. In fact, dragons! An auto-path would likely not include walking, as that would require detection of where mobs are and identifying said mob.

Same with Louhi - you have to jump down the ledge to get to him, and on the way you have two types of Dragons (the free-roamers, and the sleeper on the ledge), as well as the Anubys. Let's not mention the low HP you'll have jumping off the ledge, and auto-path likely won't account for needing to recover HP from the fall - you'll aggro the undead on your way into the area, if the dragon doesn't kill you for your lack of walking first.

Auto-path is not viable to the level you expect it to be - it will always have an aspect of risk unless you keep yourself to areas ≥2 levels below you. Pagos and Pyros would still have the risk in the form of the dragons they have littered all about the place (Pagos in particular). This auto-path system just feels lazy, imo.

[HakaseNyan]

This is a common feature of free-to-play MMOs, and it's one of the laziest options I've ever experienced. I think every single F2P MMO, that I played, with this feature also had daily login welfare.

If navigating from point A to point B is so boring or mundane, to the point you wish the game plays itself (auto-pathing), then where will it end?

[Alexandre_Noireau]

But really useful option the time wasted walking your character to Penny boss and Loui boss allow you to make other thing at the same time, for example when a player play 2 different game at the same time, or playing Eureka and doing other different task the player can divide the attention better.

Please.
If you want to play other game/check other things/watch something. Please, do that, and log off.

The last this game needs is more bad tutorialing and automated stuff, as if the game wasn't lifeless enough. If anything, they needs more secret stuff, like more secret FATEs and more secret quests, more over world jump puzzles, maybe put important stuff behind some of those, that people cannot just walk their way into exploration.

[Iscah]

Aside of any other issues, I feel like there would be an issue between auto-pathing and danger from enemies, either way it could be implemented.

Option 1: Makes no attempt to avoid enemies, just seeks a physically walkable route. Your character will be potentially mauled by high-level monsters because you weren't paying attention and the game sleepwalked you into a hazard.

Option 2: Automatically seeks a safe path through enemies. Set your auto-path to the other end of the corridor full of high-level monsters and you won't have to manually sneak past them, the game will do it for you - defeating the entire point of having high-danger areas in the first place.

[Makeda]

click on map the point you want your character to travel and the game estimate the shortest path and does for the player auto either characters that travel by foot or mount, for example in Eureka would be really useful!

I hear from the devs over at Blizzard that sure... everyone has a phone right?

BUT...

THIS IS NOT A KOREAN MOBILE MMO GAME

If you want that hot-mess, go play one of those netmobile MMOs.

[Shurrikhan]

While I'm not fundamentally opposed to this, or certainly not just because it happens also to be prevalent in other MMOs whose practices (none too different, purpose-wise, from this mechanic) I dislike, surely there are far more tasteful and fitting ways to save time that would otherwise feel wasted?

Like... not making the open world you travel through feel like a waste?

[AnnaRosa]

Typically, when people requests QoLs, it's because there's an ingame inconvenience they wish to rectify. The only inconvenience I'm seeing here from the OP is one that's out of game and one that stems from their end. That's why it doesn't appeal to me and why I don't see the point of it and why I'd rather have SE not waste their development time on it.

Never seen as inconvenience perspective that is you distorting what was wrote.
Simply made a suggestion that though it could improve the game in a way it would turn it even more inclusive.

Please.
If you want to play other game/check other things/watch something. Please, do that, and log off.

The last this game needs is more bad tutorialing and automated stuff, as if the game wasn't lifeless enough. If anything, they needs more secret stuff, like more secret FATEs and more secret quests, more over world jump puzzles, maybe put important stuff behind some of those, that people cannot just walk their way into exploration.

Someone else could use the same rhetoric as yours why don't you logout the forums if you can't comment constructively a simple suggestion.
Those that can't sometimes walk to their way into exploration would benefit certainly from one optional tool such as autopath and being optional wouldn't hurt to be there so if one player doesn't like to use it doesn't have to.

Sorry for the repetitive speech but now is needed the optional tool would be a benefit for persons who see their motor coordination affected by external factors in that occasion that would include them into the game.

Such persons in such condition are humans too in case you didn't notice like you they also enjoy this game.

Aside of any other issues, I feel like there would be an issue between auto-pathing and danger from enemies, either way it could be implemented.
Option 1: Makes no attempt to avoid enemies, just seeks a physically walkable route. Your character will be potentially mauled by high-level monsters because you weren't paying attention and the game sleepwalked you into a hazard.
Option 2: Automatically seeks a safe path through enemies. Set your auto-path to the other end of the corridor full of high-level monsters and you won't have to manually sneak past them, the game will do it for you - defeating the entire point of having high-danger areas in the first place.

Completely agree to the 1st option being autopath one optional tool if such was implemented players would know the risk when would use it but could only be in maps that the mobs are known previously such as Eureka for example.

I hear from the devs over at Blizzard that sure... everyone has a phone right?

BUT...

THIS IS NOT A KOREAN MOBILE MMO GAME

If you want that hot-mess, go play one of those netmobile MMOs.

No one is compared FFXIV to such games but you again if you can't comment constructively a simple suggestion go spit your hate elsewhere.

While I'm not fundamentally opposed to this, or certainly not just because it happens also to be prevalent in other MMOs whose practices (none too different, purpose-wise, from this mechanic) I dislike, surely there are far more tasteful and fitting ways to save time that would otherwise feel wasted?

Like... not making the open world you travel through feel like a waste?

Really? I wrote waste not in that context but that's how you wish to put it.
Again I meant if you are in one area where you take more time because sometimes grinding takes time since it is a repetitive task it's more than natural to multitask when you do the same path sometimes repeatedly you know the path already, the mobs and all the corners personally felt it would be ok to have such optional tool meant it personally and could help alot.
On other hand the autopath doesn't take any beauty to the game or to the path your character travels like it was written before.
Is just personal opinion.

You may not consider it as being lazy but the suggestion comes across as such. Walking, running and riding around isn't hard. It's one thing to set yourself to auto run, walk or ride like we have now because you still have to control where you're going. Having the game do any of that for you from point A to B without having to do anything at all can be considered lazy, plain and simple, and is imo a complete waste of time and resources.

When someone throws an ad hominem argument in a repetitive and manipulative speech just because you repeat it like parrots do doesn't make it real, but that is a personal choice and that's a problem you'll have to face in the future.

Now back to the subject the suggestion made on the initial topic has nothing to do with lazy or not lazy just because someone told you doesn't mean it's LEGIT. If you can back-off a bit you are not a holder of the absolute truth maybe consider that are other external factors that can affect persons motor coordination and that optional tool that for you might not improve the game maybe to other minority it will help and turn the game even more inclusive.

[Penthea]

Like... not making the open world you travel through feel like a waste?

What do you mean

Well it's not really an open world if you can just turn on the auto-pilot on your character and have them run to their destination while you can go afk. Open world means you travel through a place that requires navigation and exploration. Auto-pathing removes both.

[AnnaRosa]

Well it's not really an open world if you can just turn on the auto-pilot on your character and have them run to their destination while you can go afk. Open world means you travel through a place that requires navigation and exploration. Auto-pathing removes both.

But that where you are mistaken don't go afk when use autorun because actually enjoy the game contrary to what you state before and thank you for your suggestion is useful and use it all time.

[Nedkel]

This arguing each other is pointless, they will never implement auto pathing, they would have do it already if they wanted, this game is several years old.
Sorry its never going to happen.