REQUEST: Remove Aether Currents

[Seddrinth]

The aether currents are a pointless exercise. They place every single current in your path of the MSQ as you pass from quest to quest. As long as you press the button they’re always right in your path. Removing them would have zero impact

They are not pointless if they are fun for players. Hunting down the aether currents is one of my favorite activities of playing this game. Isn't the purpose of playing any game to have fun? So how can doing something fun be pointless in a game?

[splinter1545]

I really wish they would do this. It's just an artificial way of getting us to explore the zones that most players don't care to explore anyways.

Just let us unlock flying once we finish either the MSQ or the final MSQ for that area. Or just cut out the overworld currents and keep the quest ones.

They aren't creative and are just there for padding, in all honesty.

[Arngrim_Greyashe]

What you said, doesn't contradict anything I said.

It proves you're a known troll. That's all anyone should need.

[forumaccount]

It proves you're a known troll. That's all anyone should need.

You've proven nothing, and I ask that you stop calling me names.

[MilitaryVet123]

You've proven nothing, and I ask that you stop calling me names.

I suggest you report to the GMs about these trolls calling you a troll. This nonsense has gone on for months and they call anyone who makes a thread that goes against the mainstream opinion a "Titanmen" thread.

[forumaccount]

I suggest you report to the GMs about these trolls calling you a troll. This nonsense has gone on for months and they call anyone who makes a thread that goes against the mainstream opinion a "Titanmen" thread.

I appreciate the suggestion. My intent isn't to cause controversy. I'm trusting that the names will stop though. Ty MilitaryVet123.

[MilitaryVet123]

People these days call any thread maker they don't like a "TitanMen". Just more harassment and insults. The usual fare of forums.

[forumaccount]

Being charged extra to skip does not invalidate the intent, neither does ARR flying as you've been to the zones by the time you get flying unlocked.

Both do invalidate the intent as well as the game design as it currently stands. The option to pay a real world fee to skip the mechanic completely invalidates the alleged purpose of the aether current mechanic. As well as, having flight enabled only to have it disabled in the next zone for arbitrary reasons, is not an enjoyable experience and makes an unnecessary redundancy.

[linayar]

Both do invalidate the intent as well as the game design as it currently stands. The option to pay a real world fee to skip the mechanic completely invalidates the alleged purpose of the aether current mechanic.

That's like saying leveling and MSQ is invalidated because of boost. Not everyone will use boost, and if you want to pay SE more to do so, then SE gains from that, so they have no reason to remove it.

As well as, having flight enabled only to have it disabled in the next zone for arbitrary reasons, is not an enjoyable experience.

Just because you don't like the reason does not make it arbitrary. And if you don't enjoy it, feel free to boost, in the next expansion, since you can't boost through current expansion content.

[forumaccount]

That's like saying leveling and MSQ is invalidated because of boost. Not everyone will use boost, and if you want to pay SE more to do so, then SE gains from that, so they have no reason to remove it.

Just because you don't like the reason does not make it arbitrary. And if you don't enjoy it, feel free to boost, in the next expansion, since you can't boost through current expansion content.

That's a different topic, but the logic is the same, and you are correct in equating the two assumptions. I'm not commenting on SE or any commercial actions though, as per the forum policies. This discussion is strictly game design and improving the user experience.

It's not just because I, and others, do not like the experience that I post the request for the improvement to the game. I've provided sound logical reasoning as to the redundancies in the mechanic.

It's disheartening that the only consolation that the community offers is to champion the paying of a real world fee to skip game content.