Teleports to all major cities

[Feba]

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But that would completely undermine all of his airship work.

Cid is an inventor, he's not going to stop progress just for another invention of his... infact, he'd get more glory for this!

[Feba]

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Plus, they could put the artificial crystals in little "outposts" similar to Aht Urhgan's staging points, and charge a fee to enter/leave, say 2.5k each time. Not too much for the people who need to save time, but enough to keep it from being used when you could just take a 500G airship.

and wouldn't it be a shame if the new crystal lines had similar problems to 10,000 years ago... and we've gotta fix them


/newexpansionstoryline go


edit: the heck, no auto-merge? ;-;

[Ziero]

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Well IMO, directly warping to each city is a bit unneeded. We already have near that with OP warps as they can take you to within a very short distance away from any of the current cities, save AU. Ronfa, Saruta and Gusta outposts are at most a 5 minute walk away from their respective cities, and the same could be said about the , Qufim, Altep and lower Elsh OPs, as they drop you within 5-10 minutes from all the other cities. In fact the only city you can't reach via outpost warps is AU, for which they seem to have a different mode of transport too in mind altogether. It just hasn't been released yet. Personally I see no reason to need direct warping from city to city, sure it would be nice but it's certainly not needed.

Though it still would be cool to have some sort of massive trainway in the game. If there was something like that which ran between the three starter cities it certainly wouldn't hurt anything. Though it would have to be slower then the airships, but slightly faster then airshipping from starter city > Jeuno > starter city to be worth while.

[Raydeus]

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I think there should be a Regional teleporter NPC in Upper Jeuno though, who would send you to any outpost you've done a supply run to but for twice the gil they charge in your country.

Maybe aviable after you get Rank 10 or something like that.

Outposting twice would be faster than Airships but it'll cost a bit more, kinda what WHMs do with Vahzl-Outpost.

[Ameroth]

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I really like this train idea that's come up. THough it seems difficult for SE to implement, it would be great. You'd need a pass (like many other things in the game) and could just hop the train and watch the scenery pass on your way to the next destination.

O, I've gone and over-excited myself!

[eticket109]

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I guess I'm kind of spoiled as I have every outpost. I keep my HP set in Whitegate and can pretty much get anywhere in the world in about 5-10 minutes. Just use the pay taru to warp home then warp wherever from there. Unlocking the home nation teleport sure helped me save uses on my Homing Ring.

[Ziero]

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I think there should be a Regional teleporter NPC in Upper Jeuno though, who would send you to any outpost you've done a supply run to but for twice the gil they charge in your country.

Actually I kinda like this idea. It would be great for when Qufim is beast controlled.

[ikkleste]

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Yeah since ToAU getting the outposts has gotten harder, less people are interested in conquest. I've been trying to get Buburimu outpost for months but windy will not take it, my only hope is to try and organise an EF but i can't see that being easy in any way.

My main gripe is that for a lot of forms of transport when you go back to a low level to do a sub or something, you ca't use the methods unlocked already. Fine it should be challenging the first time you go to Valkurm, but the fourth time? Is there any need to make me run the full distance there? Would it break the game to allow you chocobos at any level once you have obtained the licence? Would outpost warping be so bad to use to get around if you have already attained the level needed to get there on one job?

[Rai]

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SE wants players to get the feeling that Vana d'iel is a big world. Traveling is part of that. It would be a small place if you could get anywhere you wanted to be in a minute.

Yes it can be annoying when you really want to get somewhere but, I don't think there should be any change to the system.

[eticket109]

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Conquest seems to be picking up again on Valefor in the last few weeks. I think besides Movalpolos there is maybe 1 or 2 unowned regions. Its good to see it picking up again. Heck, this week Windy took Gustaberg of all places. lol

[Vyuru]

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Cid is an inventor, he's not going to stop progress just for another invention of his... infact, he'd get more glory for this!

Well, a bit of a spoiler here.

But weren't the airships and all airship development supposedly turned over to the Duchy of Jeuno? I thought the armed airships that Bastok has were supposed to be top secret and they weren't supposed to have them. Correct me if i'm wrong because I've only heard about the CoP storyline second hand, I haven't seen it all myself yet.


I think it would be easy to implement the train system, with the RoZ storyline, it could just be that the 3 nations don't want to be so dependant on Jeuno anymore, and so they get the train system going between them all. Like I said before, you could even hook the moblins into this storyline since they are supposed to move Movalpolas around all the time. Just make the trains run a little longer than an airship ride, but maybe have two trains running back and forth between each city so that you aren't sitting there waiting for the train to get back for 15 minutes.


SE said that they didn't want to have a train system because they felt it wasn't in keeping with the story line of the game, and the technology of the world. Well, if we have airships, guns, and mechanical things from the Zilart civilization, why can't Cid unearth some old train diagrams from Dangruf Wadi? Or have him think of it himself or find some new Zilart ruins that he finds new diagrams in.

Truth be told I think it isn't in keeping with the FF series NOT to have a train system. Alot of them seem to have trains, and the FF series is always based on this techno/magic world.

[Balfree]

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Ahah..

I hope they never cheapen the game by giving you town teleports, that ruins immersion like a club to the face.

This game is not for you if you want to get to places and get things done in 3 minutes.

I get a sense of reality when i need to wait for an airship, or when i ride a chocobo to a far away location. Giving me instant teleports would erase the need for:

- Airships
- White mage teleports
- Chocobos, though some people use them for digging, i bet 90% of the players dont even know what it is or dont care, this would also probably make chocobo breeding useless

Instant teleports to town are just cheap, lame, you would see even less people in the outside zones.

I hate instant town teleports.

I dont want them.

I hope i left that clear.

NO TO INSTANT TOWN TELEPORTS

FFXI != WoW.

K?...

:-|

[Taskmage]

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Are there instant teleports between towns in WoW?

[Rai]

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Guild Wars has instant Teleport to towns, cities and outposts.

I do think it would be logical to have a Teleport person in each embassy of each city, but perhaps it should be reserved for rank 10. there are all those Teleport people at the outposts, why wouldn't there be any at the embassies?

[Macht]

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Are there instant teleports between towns in WoW?

There basically is ones for EQ, along with players able to buff themselves up to such a point that a steed seems pointless. It really does make the world smaller and players explore less when they can get to different zones in an instant.

It is cheapening the game if you do it to much. A really old MMO "Ultima Online" totally flopped onced they made it were everyone and their mom could get to specific spots that they themselves marked from anywere. Just opened to much for hacking and took away from the world and it's vastness.

I find it extreemly funny too because previous FF games had nothing to instantly teleport you to a town. Many times it would take away you ability to get to them quickly as well, it added more value to the various transport methods.