What i would have liked was pre determined locations in-between villages where you would go to a carriage and travel in-between villages on a cart/cartridge, this would be cheap, if you wanted to set a pre determined location it would cost money, the routes which go in-between villages use roads, and therefore are safe(and cheap) if you set a marker, there will be random fights, where you have to guard your carriage, my 2 cents.

from Skyrim village 1 to village 2. ￡7

from village 1 to destination:￡30 ARGH A GODDAM MONSTA!

Defend your carriage

I like this a lot. This was the case in Morrowind and you had to weigh your options much more, especially early on. I'm a big fan of them bringing this back! :celebration:

I have a feeling they're just referring to the carriage system, otherwise I think we would have heard of this by now. If not, yay!

It works in games like WoW so it must be good.

Or perhaps "Everyone in your carriage has died of dysentery."

Bit like Red Dead? or can you call it anywhere like a taxi in new york?

Sehr gut!
I like the idea

Weeeee! They did listen!

Guess I go back to liberal use of the COC command like I did in Morrowind.

zzz

did not fast travel cost money in morrowind??

well it did in oblivion, the cost of the horse.... or horses...


if its caravan this time then its better, I would still rather just walk

I never said anything about getting random increases. You simply don't get anything out of fast traveling. Simply a quicker pace in time. Really, by fast traveling consistingly, you're only hurting yourself. As you don't experience the game, but if someone finds fascination from nothing more than merely fast traveling then I say, let them have at it. They're having fun with the game. The rest of us, can go on our epic journeys, discover that hidden fort with the really exceptional loot.

Besides, in Oblivion, while adventuring through, the wilderness and roads, I didn't encounter that much to be honest. Sometimes, I might have been better off if I had just fast traveled. Perhaps, you should be more concerned with what is out and about on roads and in the wilderness more than about a fast traveling system. Maybe spend more time, thinking of ways to IMPROVE the bestiary and wilderness via types of creatures, their placement, how they spawn, rather than bash the fast travel. Give players more incentive to want to go out there and explore that dangerous world seething with extradorinary creatures. Give people a reason to explore.

Also, I always get side-tracked in the Elder scrolls so it takes me a while to get things done usually, but sometimes I dedicated time to dungeon crawlings. Sometimes people just need to get to where they want to go. No questions asked.




Again, each player finds excitement by various means. Maybe some players desire that linear, "ok, you told me to do something, I want to get it done , right now, instantaneously" agenda where they want to just fast travel and complete the quest. So be it.

Maybe someone has a desire to look at the architecture in the cities and revel in it's marvel. Perhaps, someone wants to read up on some lore and check out some books. Each of which is scattered about. Maybe they don't feel like running around to get to these specific areas. Maybe they want to cut right in and get down to business. Maybe I'm in mood to avoid conflict, I'll explore the Chorrol mages guild hall and check out the city. I'll fast travel to do that.

It's the players' choice, not yours, not mine, not anyone but who is playing their game, it's their world when they're playing, not anyone else's.

Again, instead of bashing fast travel, think of benevolent and positive ways to help out transportation. Ways to make that better. Rather than leave it the way it is, and try to drag down fast travel, making two options more negative rather than positive in any way. What ways could transportation be better so I'm actually excited to use it? Better yet, think of ways to improve the quests so you won't need or want to use fast travel. Give people a reason to explore a quest, change some dynamics to make quests more fluid. Don't bash the fast travel system. I just ask, add improvements so that the desire for one to fast travels diminishes rather than malevolently demean a system which is there for those who use it with convience in mind. With great options, come great decisions. In the end, the player decides how fast travel is implemented, not anyone else. The option is put there for your use, however you may choose.

I won't use it until I'm very high level on my 4th play-through

so it won't matter

If this is the case it really svckS in my opinion. I have very limited time to play games and fast travel was something I use constantly so I could complete quests and such. I always tried to complete a quest before I had to shut down for that gaming session. Now I will be forced to either take days to complete something or be penalized for something that is out of my control. This is as bad as check points for saves.

Proof people will never be satisfied. Go Bethesda, and make the game your way.

I doubt we'll have to pay for fast travel, outside of carriages.

I don't get it.

If this feature was added it would nice, I need more gold sinks because we all know after level 20 all we can spend it on is maybe houses xD

I wonder if the carriage will actually move or will it just be teleport once you hit ok.

i tought we had 2 ways to travel transportation and fast travel

seems stupid to charge for fast travel

I think its cool if you have to pay to fast travel, it is a good way for others to not abuse it so much...

I don't understand your statement. How is it abuse to play a game the way you prefer to play it. It's a single player game we are not competing with anyone else we should be able to enjoying it from our own personal perspective. There doesn't need to be a level playing field. Charging for fast travel will be one of the first things I mod out of the game if it is possible.

As for the carriage system, if it's just the same as the striders were in Morrowwind (which was basically fast travel) it will be very lame. I would expect much more from a modern game. You should have to pay for your ride in a carriage and it should drive you through the game world to your destination. If it doesn't I will be disappointed.

Ya I guess you are right, I take back what I said

Todd has stated the he and many others at BGS are big RDR fans....

Gives you an incentive to not use fast travel, prevents endless buildup of gold. I like it. Complaints that it makes no sense are irrelevant in my view. It's abstraction, the cost of travel. Provisions, inns, etc. etc. What matters is that it affects the game.



What you get out of it is convenience. You get to where you need to go right away instead of in ten minutes. If you only have a small window of time to play each day (or even each week) this is a [censored] godsend.

Who gets my money?

if it costs more to map travel than travel by npc, then it sounds good, interesting compromise.