World scale lost to too-convenient travel?

[DeafMuteSpy]

Teleportation for all, fade to black airship/ferry rides. The scale of Eorzea is lost. It's akin to the shrinking effect flying mounts had on other online games but even more pronounced. It also removes the need for the player to comprehend the geography of the game world when they can simply select their destination from a list.

I am enjoying this game, and as a 1.0 player I am already beyond the awe anyway. But for players new to XIV, players new to MMOs, I'm sad to think they will miss out on that experience of scale and conquest.

[KiriA500]

I chocobo everywhere. Rarely do I use a teleport.

If people want to spend their gil getting around faster, let them. I'll continue to take my time and enjoy the scenery.

[Gramul]

In terms of design, it boiled down to scale vs variety. It's true there was something really endearing about the vastness of old Eorzea, even with its repeated terrain, but we gained a more engaging world to discover.

For travel, I do think it's a bit overly simple to just be able to appear at any place at any time as it does cheapen the invaluable appeal of a journey. Hopefully the future will bring more challenging zones with a wider scope, but there is no way they would remove a convenience to the community. People hate it when their conveniences are removed.


God damn it I miss old Coerthas.

[WellFooled]

As a player new to 2.0 I'm not too worried. FFXIV is the first MMO where I've really enjoyed just traveling from one place to another and the time required for that is balanced just right I think. By Chocobo nothing is too near or too far, but then I don't teleport much at all.

[Betelgeuzah]

Teleporting makes you poor. I think the trade-off is perfect as-is. You can either make your life convenient and keep staying poor, or you can be the Scrooge Mcduck of your server and chocobo it up.

[AlyssaImagine]

I do both. Sometimes I teleport, sometimes I Unicorn/Chocobo it. :P I'm cheap and don't like spending my gil as much anyway. :P

[Asiaine]

I do a lot of Chocobo Portering. And as you get into areas like Coerthas or the far distances of Noseca, it starts to feel a long way.

Not at all like FFXI of course, but I suspect most won't want that anyways.

[TessaJalloh]

the world is still pretty big, if you walk it. Teleporting costs gil, and with that cost comes the possibility of not having enough left after a big purchase to be able to. I personally only have a couple of waypost aetherites favourited to lower their cost and i'll chocobo from those to my destinations.

[whmchrish]

I'm inclined to agree with the OP; Eorzea *can* seem smaller in scale at times. But I grew up on FFXI, and in the earlier days (before teleport NPCs) traveling could be a very time-consuming activity in a game that already put huge demands on your time as it was. Personally, I kinda miss the old way. Waiting at the airship docks for the next flight to Jeuno, fishing on the ferry to Selbina, using my less-then-stellar-at-solo-farming-whm to sell tele-taxi services...

It made for a more immersive experience when you got the sense that the airships would follow their schedule whether or not you were there to hop on. The world wasn't there for *you* - you were just one of a thousand travelers in it.

Sure, I'm a cheap/broke player who is perpetually low on cash - so I choco/return/airship for my traveling needs. I have yet to buy a teleport, so I don't really feel like Eorzea is *small* per se - but like I said - sometimes less immersive.

[Niklaus]

I am one of those ones that spend all their gil on teleporting. I love it. :3 I got stacks on stacks on stacks