Fast travel and transportation system : V - Skyrim

» Sat Aug 21, 2010 8:36 am

Hello, I would want to post my idea on the subject.

I think that to keep the first exploration, and the pleasure of dsicovering the game, fast travel should NOT be available from the beginning. Let's discover Skyrim as we did with Morrowind: hide the cities on the map and let us dsicover this world by our own ways (speaking to strangers, looking at indications on the road, etc.).

The when we enter in town, we have the possibility to buy a map that reveals all the region around a town (not all dungeons, etc.) but the map as it look like in Oblivion at start.
ex: If I, after finding Solitude, decide to buy the map,all the Solitude region will be revelaed but not the entire map. And the, the player could fast travel to Solitude from now, and has to discover the other towns.

To make everyone happy, we can also add a compass in thec capital shop !!

But please, make sure that compass is optionnal and that we get enough informations to discover the quests' dungeon (or caverns, villages etc.) with PNJ's informations like: "Go left after the big stown at X meters from the northern gate", etc.

And finally add an option in a new game +, to reveal from the beginning all the regions we've discovered in an other game, if it tires some to again have to discover all the map!

Then the purists, the casuals and Bethesda, pleasing all their fans, will be happy. Their is an immersive way I think to fast travel.

And for those who don' even want to discover the first time, I don't understand why they bought a TES...

Tell me if you agree if my idea, and hope that Bethesda will consider it, if many agree!:)

rather smart. i love you!
i still want the travel system in though. keep it immersive you know what i mean. XD
but that is really smart.

» Sat Aug 21, 2010 9:18 am

I think this is a very good idea. I like it a lot. It's very smart to buy a map or a compass. I really really like it! Thanks for sharing it with us!
It's a logical and friendly choice that everyone can make in the game, and not by setting.
I really, too, want to discover Skyrim as I did with Morrowind. It was an awesome feeling to get walk back to town after a long day of exploring.

Edit: Only thing I can think about the idea is that there would have to be some sort of info to the players that if you buy a map or a compass, this would activate a certain feature; like fast travel.
Otherwise I think the casuals would never notice that something exists in the game. Some sort of "immersive" info would be nice. A dialouge with some person in the beginning could solve that. He or she could tell you that if you buy a map or a compass, you can ... navigate and travel faster?

what if compases are a resource that break when you use fast travel :hubbahubba:

» Sat Aug 21, 2010 3:03 pm

I think the poll should be edited so that choices 3 and 4 reflect whether or not the voter thinks fast revel should be in or not. Sure, you don't want it toggle-able. Does that mean you don't want it period, or just don't want the option of toggling it?

» Sat Aug 21, 2010 2:55 pm

I think the poll should be edited so that choices 3 and 4 reflect whether or not the voter thinks fast revel should be in or not. Sure, you don't want it toggle-able. Does that mean you don't want it period, or just don't want the option of toggling it?

it means that it should be available for those who want to use it, but those who dont have the option of shutting it off.

» Sat Aug 21, 2010 6:16 am

I think the poll should be edited so that choices 3 and 4 reflect whether or not the voter thinks fast revel should be in or not. Sure, you don't want it toggle-able. Does that mean you don't want it period, or just don't want the option of toggling it?

Well, considering no one else have seemed to have a problem with the poll so far; and that the poll has gone so far in terms of voters; I'd have to say no to editing the poll. It would jeopardize the informative results already shown.
Whether fast travel should be in or not is another question. A much more controversial one.
I think it's best to keep it optional so that everyone can use it or not use it, depending on what he or she thinks about it. It's not really a "big" setting. It definitely wouldn't take Bethesda a lot time to make it optional. And being that said, I think that making it optional is the least controversial and most benitifial option we have at our hands.

» Sat Aug 21, 2010 11:32 am

i dont mind fast travel IF you cant fast travel to places you havent been before, including cities. In Morrowind i remember exploring and coming to new cities after a while, and it was really exiting. In oblivion, my first time in almost all cities was when i fast traveled there (yes i know i didnt have to, but couldnt resist it :sadvaultboy: )

» Sat Aug 21, 2010 11:26 am

I agree with your edit hlrv, of course we should be warned if it is applied.

In the manual, loadings but the PNJs telling us is more immersive!

Thanks to support my idea :wink_smile:

» Sat Aug 21, 2010 11:41 am

I think you should have two polls. One for whether or not fast travel should exist, and one for whether or not we want a transportation system. This will make the majority of us who want a transportation system even more pronounced.

» Sat Aug 21, 2010 9:41 am

meh its a secondary thing to me, if its their fine, if not fine also, I only care about characters/combat/magic and such so my prayers are answered.

» Sat Aug 21, 2010 11:10 am

Another reason I'd like a house built transportation system is because, frankly, a mod would hurt immersion. If the whole game is going to be voice acted, then any non-voiced NPCs that get modded in will feel so out of place. I'd also like to see the transportation system in real time, with the option to skip. It would have been so amazing to just watch the gigantic Silt Strider cross all the way over to Balmora from Seyda Neen in the beginning of the game.
Edit: Plus, it's not like "Fast travel or transportation system?". Transportation systems do have an advantage over fast travel: You can go to places you haven't been yet.

» Sat Aug 21, 2010 1:32 pm

Charan, really hope this'll be considered, as i said, it would just bring the completion Skyrim needs, also for the compas, great ideas, good luck

» Sat Aug 21, 2010 10:31 pm

If I'm bored though, which I can get ( I'm not a robot

), it would be nice with a transportation system. Not only services between cities, but spells like mark/recall and intervention. They are lore-friendly, feel pretty immersive and perfect I think

Oh I miss Mark and Recall. I always loved those spells from Daggerfall and Morrowind.