I remember the original version of the game, when you didn't get a mount until like 20 or 40 or something ridiculous. And then the mount was like 25% increased speed.
You mean bunny hopping diagonally everywhere.
Morrowind is so shit in the beginning walking everywhere
This is the version of the game I'm playing now. WoW classic. I chose it over retail because this is the version highly regarded while retail is trashed by everyone.retail is okay if you've been playing for a while, it's a nightmare for new players.
If retail is better than classic for travel then I'll just play Guild Wars 2.
I chose it over retail because this is the version highly regarded while retail is trashed by everyone.I still heavily prefer retail over classic even if actually keeping up with endgame is currently kinda ass. There's just too much good QoL and a couple of really cool expansions. I wouldn't say there's been a fantastic expansion since at least Legion, but Legion was fucking lit
Blizzards war on flight is, as stupid as it might sound, is one of the things that makes me not want to bother going back to the game. I'm several expansions behind at this point and being forced to go through the stupidly massive and pointlessly long achievements to unlock flight for various regions is just not something I'm interested in.You can freely fly in all non-Dragonflight expansions since the launch of Dragonflight, though. They've actually been getting a lot more lax about it in the past few years. When I played back in Legion, unlocking Draenor flying was incredibly painful, but pathfinder's been optional there for four years
You can freely fly in all non-Dragonflight expansions since the launch of Dragonflight, though. They've actually been getting a lot more lax about it in the past few years. When I played back in Legion, unlocking Draenor flying was incredibly painful, but pathfinder's been optional there for four years
I liked the taxi system where you actually got to see the world.
it shouldn't last past the relevant expansion, but i like that you have to unlock flying for each new continent. it makes you actually explore the world and makes the game feel large and alive.
It was kind of cool, but some of the flight paths were just way too long.alliance flight paths in vanilla were notoriously trash. they finally admitted it a few years ago, but there have always been signs that blizzard devs had favorites.
It also creates a sense of progression in the new zones. When you arrive, there are places you can't get to, not because you'll get massacred by the enemies, but because you physically can't reach them. You also have to deal with higher-levelled enemies blocking your path instead of flying over them. Over time, that lets you work toward getting to the new places by levelling up, gearing up, and eventually unlocking flying, and that all makes sense.tbh as far as old zones go they might as well just at least give you the option to keep everything leveled up with you. timewalking is one of the best things they've added to the game in recent years and it lasts about a zone and a half before you're level 60 and onto current content. as long as it's an option so solo people can still farm vanity stuff i don't see why it would hurt the game to have the option for it at max level too. pandaria remix has been really fun so far, i hope it's a sign that they're testing this idea out.
But yes, for old content that mostly just exists to provide a levelling bridge between previous expansions and the current one, automatically unlocking flying right out of the gate makes sense. I think there's also a case to be made for the unlock to be account-wide (at least on a given server), since forcing that sense of progression on players who have already experienced it isn't really necessary.
In a game like World of Warcraft though, aside from the odd mob on the road, there is no difficulty associated with traveling. It's JUST walking. It's gameplay that is a waste of the player's time.
I think WoW probably went a little too far in the other direction with the ability to just teleport to/from a dungeon at will with the LFG tool
So retail WoW has fast travel? Haven't tried yetNot officially but effectively yes because you can put your hearthstone location somewhere where you have easy access to portals to go wherever you want.
LFG though still kind of used, for higher content, its not used at all. M+ you have to go to the dungeons yourself, and also find the group yourself. Raids unless youre staying at LFR level, you will be going to the raid yourself.
But there are lots of portals around nowadays making it quicker to get between certain areas, like going between cities, in some cases cities to certain zones. Plus with Dragonriding/Skyriding/Dynamic Flight getting to places can be pretty quick and engaging. It doesnt take that long to get anywhere in retail nowadays for the most part at max level.
I tested flying from Everlook, Winterspring, to AQ, Silithus and it took me just under 5 minutes to do that. Classic flight would have taking 10-15 minutes most likely. And ground mount almost an hour and normal walking 2 house. If I had to guess.
don't play dragons dogma then
lack of proper fast travel really made the game a lot shittier feeling than it is