Lots and lots of methods. The thing with Morrowind was that it wasn't just city to city boats and silt striders. You had mark and recall spells/scrolls, divine and almsivi intervention, and stronghold propylons chambers, too.

Runescape (yes, I dare) had teleport tablets that you could buy for a large sum of money for a one way trip to a certain city, which I think is a good idea.



The problem is that the game is clearly designed for use of fast travel. There's nothing interesting in Oblivion landscapes, and very very few quests, so it's really boring and inconvienant to skip instant fast travel.

The beautiful hand crafted world is reason enough to skip lazy, softcoe, casual player fast travel.

First thing's first - Oblivion's system doesn't subtract from immersion. It is optional. If you don't want to fast travel, then walk or take a horse. Or pretend you're teleporting, if that makes you happy. That's what roleplaying is about, after all - adding layers of immersion through the use of imagination. If you're not the roleplaying type, then you probably don't mind fast travel, anyways.

Same here...which is terrible because I ended up being addicted to fast travelling which is why I don't think making it an optional would work at all. MW's system all the way !

Don't use fast travel if you don't want to. You can do every single quest and play this game forever and ever without ever once using it. If you want to explore this rich, creative, immersive, magical, mythical, imaginative world its there for the taking. If you want to miss out on all of that than by all means use fast travel but I highly discourage that.

The thing about Oblivion is that it needed fast travel because there's absolutely nothing interesting on the world map to see. Everywhere in Oblivion feels like the same generic fantasy forest, with exactly the same set of ruins or caves scattered about. It was a giant world with nothing in it >:\

Because of fast travel.

FAIL. There is plenty and see and do in oblivion. What with the hundreds and hundreds of quests and locations...m'kay?

The beautiful hand crafted world is reason enough to skip lazy, softcoe, casual player fast travel.

FAIL. There's roughly twice the amount of quests in Morrowind, I believe, and the terrain is far more unique and impressive. Fast travel eliminates the need to see the land, and you'll rarely run into quests walking around, because there's no need to walk, most of the time.

The annoying thing is, if Oblivion loses a poll, the fans will complain that "it's not fair, because only the hardcoe fans are in the forums." What the hell?

• If Oblivion wins a poll, it's compeltely valid, why not if Oblivion loses?
  
• Harcore fans are the best fans that a company should cater to. EVERY argument I've heard is just invalid. And I've probably heard your argument

With all due respect, it looks like you're the only one saying that.

All Oblivion apologetics aside (I don't feel it needs a defense): If you feel like fast travel in Oblivion is lowering immersion, stop using it so damn much.