no im mostly gonna use carriages unless i feel like saving money for a sword or some armor

^good point

I'm probably going to stick mostly with the 'magic map'. There's no point in paying to get to places you've already been, and taking carriages to places you haven't cuts out a lot of the exploration.

Glad I could be of service.

that's funny i feel the opposite. my lazier character would use the magic map. My rougher character wouldn't want to miss out out the challenges in the wild (considering the carriage can only take you to certain points of interest, and you have to walk the rest of the way... i think)

Link anyone?!!!

There is no magic map. Time elapses, meaning your character has to personally walk. He/She can either take the carriage without you controlling them (requiring little movement on the character's part) or they can just travel on foot/mount without you controlling them (the so-called "magic map").

http://pc.ign.com/articles/115/1158651p1.html

Wait when was this confirmed.

I've been out of touch with info.

Someone have the latest news?

Yeah i know that's what happens in the game... but it doesnt FEEL like that to me. It feels like a magic map, and i skip everything in between my current location and my destination. when i use my carriage i'll FEEL more like i actually traveled, and I will have to expose myself to more danger, because i can't take a carriage anywhere, like what i can kinda do with the so called "magic map"

I'd still prefer more options. Morrowind had 3 separate travel systems. Regardless, I'll probably try to use carriages mostly depending on how well thought out the system is. I'd prefer if it was something other than boring "carriages". I don't know why they went from "amazing, fantastical, imaginative, rich, believable world" to "let's just have a bunch of stuff that is in every other fantasy game". In Morrowind you wouldn't even know horses existed, heck, I think the only real animal in it was a rat; now it seems like TES has forgotten that it's a world by itself and doesn't have to take things from the real world.

What danger is there for a man/woman who has knowledge and experience of his/her path?

A dragon might come and ambush you. Just because the dragon wasn't there before, doesn't mean he/she will never be there

Yet the carriage is different... the repellent of the Elder Scrolls universe, if you will?

No, but the carriage stays on the main roads, which is usually more devoid of monsters. fast traveling 2 miles into a deep dangerous forest IS different

Why would a flying creature that should fear very little opt to fly through a forest difficult to navigate close to over a clear, unblocked road with unsuspecting, blind prey within visible sight? Dragons aren't afraid of towns (It's going to be so great to have a dragon attempt to raze a town. I can't wait. :flamethrower:) , so why a carriage/road with the occasional patrol on it?

maybe i shouldn't have said dragon... instead i should have had [insert creature here]. do you understand my point though?

I've explored roads in Elder Scrolls games, before. I've still fought things.

alright, well it just makes more sense to me. we just have to agree to disagree.

Yes. I just have too much debate team influence, hence the arguments.

Trolls, wolves, wraiths, goblins, etc. etc. There are hundreds of creatures that could easily engage an adventurer on food, maybe even an adventurer on a horse, but a wooden carriage pulled by a train of horses is a much faster/more protected target. Dragons are probably one of the only things that would attempt to stop one given its speed and strength

Trust me, some people on this forum even know i like to argue, but sometimes it comes to a point where i've said everything i can say, and you've said anything you can say, and you can tell there's no point to go on.

As far as I am concerned Fast Travel is an abonimation. After spending 4-5 years on Skyrim there's an option to travel anywhere with no drawback? ( I know you have to find the place first but within one journey you may never need to see a road again.)

I don't mind carriages as much, you'll have to pay for there service and they'll only go to destinations on their route. ( Not dungeons or ruins unless they've been commercialised )

I know people will be like "Heyz I gotz to getz into da dungeonz quick, because my life is on anz incredible short timez frame.... Innit" but oh well. I will try to stick to carriages but I'm sure at one point the deadra will influenece me to sin.

I also like to ask, how exactly did the carriage system in Morrowind differ from Oblivon in terms of danger? You still got from A to B instantly, no danger involved (except getting to that ride, of course. If Bethesda can make the Carriage system interactive, then that'd be an incredibly good feature. It could be something like the Gryphons in WoW, except that random encounters could sometimes stop you in your tracks (rarely, but still). Then you'd have to defeat that encounter and enter the carriage once again, and head off to your destination.

But I doubt that this is how carriage works. It's as instant and magical as the map.

I believe it will be more like RDR carriage system. where a horse drawn carriage will take you to your destination and you can choose to skip it if you want (i like to think i take a nap).

like i said before, there's a difference between going on a commercial road, and fast-traveling 2 miles into a deep forest densely populated by monsters. It just seems like a better justification for not having to battle monsters to me if you take the commercial road.

that being said, i would love it if on either "magic map" or "carriage" fast travel you could be ambushed.