Teleports to all major cities

[Kadenmire]

Re: Teleports to all major cities

I like the train idea it opens up a lot of options for more low to mid level quests.

[Aeni]

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Are there instant teleports between towns in WoW?

You set HP in an inn. You can use a hearthstone every once in an hour (logging out will not reset the cooldown as the server keeps track of this) So basically, it's like getting a free warpscroll once an hour (It has a 10sec casting time and can be interrupted I think)

Warlocks can summon anyone to anywhere that warlock is. However, it requires someone else to assist him in getting people through the portal and the whole summoning process takes about a minute for each party member (Only party members can use the warlock's summoning portal)

Mages can teleport to town instantly and with them their whole group. However, there is a minimum level for a mage to acquire the teleports and I believe they have to be at least level 50 before they can use group teleport (In other words, at lower levels, mages can only port themselves, kind of like the difference between Warp and Warp II)

But, there's only 3 major cities per faction where you can port to as a mage. It's kind of like teleporting in FFXI, except it's to a town. However, there's myriads of other smaller towns and camps where you still have to walk/mount/fly to.

(have to add that the major cities are really large and of course having a mount doesn't break game mechanics seeing as walking from one corner of Stormwind to the other distant corner would be like walking from Bastok Mine exit (South Gustaberg) and zoning/walking to the North Gustaberg exit of Bastok Port. FFXI has mog house shortcuts so this is equivalent to mounting in WoW's cities.)

[Macht]

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Everquest is even crazier then that. You have tomes in almost every zone that touching will take you to PoK (Plain of Knowledge) from there you can get to any town. You can increase run speed by ungodly amounts. Along with nearly half the jobs getting gate (Allows you to go back to were you are soulbound), and many mages can soulbind you to any spot as well as teleport you to any zone (towns included).

Disappointing part is you start having people with high level who don't know jack s*** about the world. Take away those portals and they wouldn't find their way around by foot. They skip many quests and a lot more crazy stuff. Just very bad for an MMO if players are able to get to were they want in a blink without learning.

[eticket109]

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Yeah, I like taking the long way sometimes. When I hit 30 originally I did nothing but quests and exploration for months. I had all of the non-coffer, non-cop maps done and would just wander around finding cool places to explore and get killed.

[Susurrus]

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One option for those that level alternate jobs and choose (for lack of a better word) to go through Valkurm (and set your Home Point there in case you die), with the ToAU expansion there is a safe an easy way to a big city.
Selbina -> Mhuara ship.
then
Mhuara -> Aht Urhgan ship.
It takes a while, but you can AFK most of it and you don't have to worry about dieing if you stay in the cabin.
Of course, if you make it to 20, that outpost will always be the fastest out of there.

[Goldesper]

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They could also use one of those "Paths of Stamina" or w/e they had in FF2E/4J that went from Mysdia to the starting town (I can't believe I forgot it ><)

[DakAttack]

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What if they put speed strips down along the paths, so that you'll get boosts of speed when you run over them? It could save a lot of time when moving from place to place, and would look really cool too!

[Feba]

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>>37
Dak...I love you


Actually I think I might hate you, but I don't remember so well, and that was awesome.

[Macht]

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What if they put speed strips down along the paths, so that you'll get boosts of speed when you run over them? It could save a lot of time when moving from place to place, and would look really cool too!

What the hell now we are trying to make FFXI a race track??

[Aeni]

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What the hell now we are trying to make FFXI a race track??

Lol?

No, I mean, it sounds fun though. Better yet, there should be portals for only 75s to use. Makes them less prone to using warp hack, right?