(08-14-2015, 11:28 AM)Blue Wrote: I would say that removing it from canon is a stretch, you can't decide to take something that is legitimately existing in the settings from others and say they can't do it anymore or that your character will not acknowledge them doing it. But you are very free to not use IC.
I guess my main issue is that so much of the world doesn't make sense if teleportation happens and is simply twice the cost of an airship ticket. Why would passenger travel by airship even exist and not be completely obsolete? Why would chocobos exist for individual use outside of transporting goods? How would prisons work? Would it even be possible to detain people at all? When I think of hypothetical RP situations relevant to my character or even her backstory, the reality of teleportation would make it much different. For instance, part of her backstory involves being stranded somewhere, and being stranded is theoretically impossible in a world where teleportation exists.
To me it seems like one of those game mechanics that's not meant to actually have a real effect on the world. A world where people can instantaneously teleport across the globe would be very different from the world we know, and from the Eorzea we see. It's almost like saying that I can carry 25 suits of armour around with me at all times IC. Yes it's a game mechanic but, story thing? Really? And while I realize it's specifically acknowledged in the MSQ, it also seems kind of like the world mostly carries on as though teleportation either doesn't exist or is somehow inconvenient or difficult.
(EDIT - Scrolling up to Sin's post, I see the Lore team has addressed all of this, so, I guess that satisfies me of the reality of teleportation and that a fraction of people can use it... but that also makes me feel even more justified in being able to say that my character cannot do it.)
Anyways, even though it's commonplace in gameplay, I actually rarely see people actually using it in the course of their RP, so I should be able to safely disregard it as an option in situations where I'd like for travel to actually be difficult. And no, "I better put on a sweater b/c it's cold in Dragonhead" is not what I mean.
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