Disclaimer: I'm sure I've heard of something similar to this months back, but I'll bring it up again because I'm really interested in this subject.

Alrighty, in case you don't know, the Fast Travel used in RDR was a lot more realistic than the Fast Travel employed by Bethesda where you simply clicked on an icon.

In RDR, you can Fast Travel by first going out to the wilderness away from any roads on flat, dry land. Once you're in an appropiate spot, you then go to your inventory and select the "Camp" icon (In the game, you have a standard camp, but you can buy upgraded ones.) The screen will then go black for a couple of seconds (for loading purposes) and it will then show your character laying back and warming his hands on the campfire. You will then be provided with some options, one of them being Fast Travel. You can select that and then click which pre-discovered place you want to Fast Travel to. When you've made your selection, you'll get the traditional loading screen and...Yipee, you're at your location.

Now you may ask...What if I want to fast travel from a town/city and I don't want to walk out to the wilderness in order to Fast Travel? Well it's been confirmed by Todd that there will be carriages in game, and I'm going to assume that they will be at every major city...Thus making it so you're more inclined to use that system then the Fast Travel option when at a city, instead of ignoring the carriages altogether because they cost gold to use.

So what do you guys/gals think? Would you want a system like this in Skyrim? Do you want something else? Discuss!

I would like this system, but i would like carriages to be MUCH more expensive, relatively speaking, than they were in RDR.

I would not like this system in Skyrim.

I want something like carriages (the equivalent of them, not real carriages).

This sounds like a nice idea. I might wanna see this in skyrim

We'll be getting fast travel (like in Oblivion) and carriages (like in Morrowind) in Skyrim. The best of both worlds.

I don't think they ever specified that we'll be getting Fast Travel exactly like Oblivion. Unless a source says otherwise.

It's likely to be similar/better.

I say make it more exciting than that, when your riding in your carriage it can be attacked by bandits or a pack of wolves and you have to defend it. Not all the time of course, but sometimes that can happen.

I approve of this idea

This sounds like the thing we already have without the camp part...

There's actually a significant difference.

I guess it couldn't be much worse than Oblivion's fast-travel system.

Personally though, I'm much more in favour of the fast-travel system used in Nehrim. Each main settlement has a teleport platform, and when you visit a city or town, you have the option to buy a teleporter rune which corresponds to that location. You can then cast a spell to teleport to that location in future. A rune is used up every time to you teleport, so you can't just beam around endlessly, unless you buy a very large number of runes.

So like Diablo with runes?

Haven't played Diablo, so I wouldn't know.

as long as you sit in the carriages the entire journey (optional) and theres a 5% chance your carriage will be held up, then ill be happy.

That's probably not going to happen. I hope it doesn't.

I do, because it allows sight seeing(Which is OPTIONAL), take a nap for regular FT and you pay for services.

What are your reasons may I ask?

Also it was GTA IV that started it with the cabs.

He said optional, why did you cut that bit off?

Otherwise it would defeat the object of Fast Travel.

I like the way it was in Oblivion where you just open your map and click where you want to go.

People want too much options. Every thread...options, options, options, and options! I sit on these forums all day...I know what I see. :ahhh: :ahhh: :ahhh: :ahhh: :ahhh:

You don't like options?

OK.

...Like I said, you cut off the bit where he said optional, it was kinda crucial. It was optional in RDR and it's obvious they've taken this idea from RDR so it's a fair point.

I do. But not THESE kinds of options. Yes, I like screen resolution or turn subtitles on or off...but not:

-Show amulets on armor
-Show yourself sleeping
-Show yourself riding on a carriage
-Have guards arrest you when you break into a house
-Turn on/off guards follow you when you sneak
-Turn on/off bounties
-Turn on/off monsters attacking you on sight
-Enable bar fights
-Turn on rumors
-Turn on dragons using different types of fire
-Enable fast-travel

And the list goes on and on!!!!!!111!!! :ahhh: :ahhh: :ahhh: :ahhh: :ahhh: :ahhh: :ahhh:
Bethesda can't make EVERYONE happy with every single little detail through options.

Since Beth already announced they have fast travel AND carriages I'm more than happy. If they want to change their fast travel system a bit, towards soemthing liek RDRs I wouldn't mind at all. It's the same as OBs with a camp which makes it more realistic...