I have FF14 on an NMVe drive, I can deal with teleporting somewhere to get to Island Sanctuary. I hardcore did Eureka, Bozja, HoH, and POTD which all require teleporting to somewhere else first. It's really not a big deal teleporting and walking a few feet to an NPC. I would even welcome it if it were more than a few feet so I can show off my nice mounts on the way.