Getting around

[viion]

Do you have your walk key turned on?

I kid....or do I?

Yah 50 minutes seems long, tho i can kinda understand it if your taking long routes and or dont know how to.. follow a map.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5G2cYWKhpY

Took me 1hr 38m to get across 4 maps XD

[Bustercucumbers]

Probably a troll thread, but if it's not then you seriously need to expand your library of games. Even with all the recent improvements, FFXIV is nowhere near the best MMORPG. It still has quite a way to go until it can be considered a solid MMORPG. Here's to hoping 2.0 achieves what everyone dreams it to.

[Mikita]

zymurgy,

It looks like you've already made a lot of progress on your character, so you should be able to get a chocobo or goobbue mount if you don't already have one. That will speed up your travel considerably.

There are also airships for travel between the 3 cities at a slight cost in gil.

And of course, there is anima for teleporting. If you are really limited on the amount of time you have to play, anima is probably the best answer as long as you keep in mind that it regenerates a bit slowly and budget accordingly.


FFXIV is also my first and only MMORPG.

I've peeked at other games since starting in this genre a year and a half ago. I'm sure there are games with battle systems, storylines, items, content, etc. that are much better for various reasons that will appeal to other people.

But I actually share your sentiment that FFXIV is the "best" MMORPG for me and for my own personal tastes.

As long as you're having fun, that's all that matters, right? ^^

[Felis]

You can use the airship to go from Gridania to Limsa Lominsa. It's the staircase down in the adventure guild in Gridania. If you are a grand company member you can buy a chocobo for 3k seals. If you are not a member you can rent a chocobo, but it's time limited.
And you can get with level 30 a gobbue mount for free until 2.0

[Denmo]

Man, remember when getting from the starter nation to Jeuno was your first biggest adventure? Oh god nostalgia.

[Griss]

Man, remember when getting from the starter nation to Jeuno was your first biggest adventure? Oh god nostalgia.

I remember my first big adventure in xi being figuring out how to get out of san d'oria. then making the massive hike to lathine.

[smithdag]

why run from Gridania to LL? just take the airship..

[nasomi]

I should take the airship more... I wish they'd do away with anima/teleports, choco's and airships are all we need, and the ability to set home points at the crystals. Then 3 teleports to places by cities, but not to close, like camp horizon or tranquil or iron lake, but as a player cast spell that would take people in their party.

[syntaxlies]

I should take the airship more... I wish they'd do away with anima/teleports, choco's and airships are all we need, and the ability to set home points at the crystals. Then 3 teleports to places by cities, but not to close, like camp horizon or tranquil or iron lake, but as a player cast spell that would take people in their party.

What an original concept, a player cast a spell you say and then it would take the whole party.

[nasomi]

What an original concept, a player cast a spell you say and then it would take the whole party.

Yup. You could call the spell [Teleport-Horizon]. But you'd have to buy it, all your spells wouldn't just be granted to you. "oh i got experience, i learned the same thing that everyone else knows, and no one taught it to me, i didn't have ot buy the scroll and read the incantation and remember it."

But yes, leaving bastok to gustabergs, then konschtat highlands, the dunes, and the scary walk to jeuno which only took me 3 tries. Then when I got there I didn't level for a week, i explored, sold stuff, choco quest, etc. The sense of wonder I guess is what xiv didn't have for me, or if it did, it didn't last nearly as long as it should have. xi still had it after 5 years.