Sprint Buff With Zero Cooldown In Cities To Balance Lack Of Mounts :MegaThread:

[Payadopa]

Trying to shave off 5-7s from point A to B, eh?

You could unlock a ranged DPS job and just use Peloton. Not as fast sprint, but should do the trick.

Aren't they the exact same speed?

[fulminating]

Peloton is 1.2x and sprint 1.3. Fists of wind (rip in piece) is 1.1x

[Mr_Happy]

Peloton is 1.2x and sprint 1.3. Fists of wind (rip in piece) is 1.1x

Awesome info thank you

[Solarra]

I wouldn't mind sprint having no cooldown in cities. If I don't feel like going slow, I'll switch to Bard or Dancer for Peloton but not everyone has that option.

I support the idea of an exclusion zone around npcs and things like summoning bells.

As to proposal 3, I think the OP maybe has mistaken how the Aetherytes in cities work; once you are in a city, you don't need to go to the main one again to get around.

[Mr_Happy]

I wouldn't mind sprint having no cooldown in cities. If I don't feel like going slow, I'll switch to Bard or Dancer for Peloton but not everyone has that option.

I support the idea of an exclusion zone around npcs and things like summoning bells.

As to proposal 3, I think the OP maybe has mistaken how the Aetherytes in cities work; once you are in a city, you don't need to go to the main one again to get around.

I would love to level a bard one day and def interested in dancer as well. Still though having to switch to a class just to move around a city is janky lol

For the aetherytes I'm looking to be able to press M at any time when your in a city and click on any of the crystals and teleport directly to them instead of having to go to the main hub first and then run closer to the main hub to click on it again to teleport to a smaller one. It's a QOL thing that feels janky as well.

[Rongway]

For the aetherytes I'm looking to be able to press M at any time when your in a city and click on any of the crystals and teleport directly to them instead of having to go to the main hub first and then run closer to the main hub to click on it again to teleport to a smaller one. It's a QOL thing that feels janky as well.

It sounds like you're still not understanding the aetheryte shards. They are not just destinations. You don't have to go to the main aetheryte to teleport to a different shard. You can teleport from shard to shard.

[Mr_Happy]

It sounds like you're still not understanding the aetheryte shards. They are not just destinations. You don't have to go to the main aetheryte to teleport to a different shard. You can teleport from shard to shard.

I edited the original post to make it clear.

I do not want to have to run over to a crystal before being able to teleport to another crystal.

We should be able to press M and teleport to any crystal inside the city just like we can do to get to the main hub since they don't allow us to use mounts.

The current system just feels very janky compared to other MMOs and could be improved to make our lives/the feel of the game better.

[Seraphor]

I edited the original post to make it clear.

I do not want to have to run over to a crystal before being able to teleport to another crystal.

We should be able to press M and teleport to any crystal inside the city just like we can do to get to the main hub since they don't allow us to use mounts.

The current system just feels very janky compared to other MMOs and could be improved to make our lives/the feel of the game better.

You realise it's probably faster to run to your nearest mini aetheryte and TP between them, than it is to TP back to the main aetheryte first?

They're usually fairly well placed for whatever you're visiting.

[Solarra]

having to switch to a class just to move around a city is janky lol

True and I don't think it's reasonable to ask people to switch class for a speed boost. Perma-sprint would be the best solution imo.
Anyone who has been playing for a while will remember that the cool-down on sprint used to be much much shorter. They changed it when they enabled sprint in instances. Obviously perma-sprint in combat is a bad idea, but the longer cool-down did slow us down when it comes to getting around outside.

As to the Aetherytes, sorry, I don't agree. I think the system is fine as is. There's a mini crystal conveniently located in all main areas of the cities it's just a case of learning where they are. The only one I have an issue with is the Botanist Guild in Gridania which is about as far as you can get from the Guildmaster and the quest-givers (why Square?).

[Mr_Happy]

The first one I wouldn't mind; however, I'd change it to simply turning sprint into a toggle while in cities, just as it functions in PvP. This way those that wish to run normally or walk have the choice to do so instead of having an immediate buff foisted upon them.

I don't have an issue with this. However, know that there are ways around griefers that allows you to target the nearest NPC or interactable item. You'll have to consult your hotkeys to find it as mine are different.

Three, are you really that strapped for time that when you're not immediately next to an aetheryte that you re-teleport to the city hub just to get to the area in town you want to get to? What a mitigable waste of gil. You realize the smaller aetherytes aren't just for teleporting TO right? You do know you can teleport FROM those as well? >.>

Toggle sounds like it would be one of the best options for sure!

Good to know about the hotkey I will have to look into that.

And yes... I got spoiled playing other MMOs apparently, its a QOL thing. Just press M click on any crystal and go there in cities since they don't let us use mounts.