(08-14-2015, 01:16 PM)Coatleque Wrote: I think the lore itself strikes a good balance between the (in game) reality of aetherite travel vs conventional means.
This is pretty much where I'm at. Between the Fernehalwes post and the lore in the MSQ, it's clear that teleportation is just one of those things that adventurers and other aetherically powerful beings (and thus rare in the grand scheme of things, if not among PCs) get for their personal use. Conventional means of travel are still quite important for a variety of reasons.
Someone likened it to air travel, but I'll go a step further. The spell Teleport is like chartered business jet travel. Few people use it, it's costly to operate, and it's not the right solution for everything, but it's the right tool for the job when you absolutely have to get from point A to point B as fast as you can.
This being Final Fantasy and adventurers being a rare subset of people, I personally have no problem with them teleporting around. Teleporting in no way eliminates travel by foot or chocobo for them, too, since you can only teleport to aetherytes safely (as explained in the MSQ) and those aren't out in the field, in ruins, or in any place you'd need to go as a professional adventurer.
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