Consumable Item for Fast Transportation

One of the hardest things in order to do a dungeon run, is the travel time for all members to go to the dungeon entrance (unless you have a mage/warlock that can summon you with a spell, or a teleportation to an inn nearby the dungeon).
What if there was a summoning stone (a consumable item) that you buy, then you link it to yourself and give it to another player, and then that player has the possibility to use that stone in order to summon you.

In this way 1 player can stay in an easly reachable city, waiting for the rest of the far away members, while the others nearby, can go to the dungeon entrance, and at the end everyone will be chain summoned.
In this way the overall time will be far less and is all based on player's skills of management.

The stones can be crafted by players with a certain profession and can have limits for example: max 1-3 per inventory, or can be used inside the same node or 2 nearby nodes (more the nodes, higher the price of the stone).

If a player needs to go through many nodes, stones could not be used, and the best solution for travelling would be ships, caravans or mounts.

I can see it very useful among group of friends or guilds; for casual players is gonna be harder to use them at best.
The potentially broken part is that at least 3 players can create a personal transport system, in which they offer instant travel in exchange of money through a few nodes.

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Atama

RazThemun wrote: »

Think "fast travel" should simply be... hey you have a mount that moves faster than your legs... you have a summoner such as a warlock who can summon a friend in guild.

That’s how it will be except for the summoner part. With very limited exceptions you’re getting around on your own feet or with a mount. No teleportation powers from classes.

Geronimo

ELRYNO wrote: »

I think my opinion on fast travel will ultimately be decided once we get our hands on the entire world map. If it is unfeasible for you to get from one side of the world to the other in a single 6 hour game session then I think we may have a problem on our hands.

I agree that it is entirely a matter of opinion: if it takes me 100 hours of real time to get from one end of the map to the other, all filled with engaging content, I will be supremely pleased.

If it takes 200 hours with the same level of engagement I will be even happier.

If it takes me 1 hour to cross the map with no content to speak of, I will demand fast travel.

In other words, map size does nothing for me, it's the content that counts.

Noaani

ELRYNO wrote: »

I think my opinion on fast travel will ultimately be decided once we get our hands on the entire world map. If it is unfeasible for you to get from one side of the world to the other in a single 6 hour game session then I think we may have a problem on our hands.

If this is the case and there is not a multitude of objectives to complete along the way then travel becomes stale.

Why are you traveling?

Atama

If it takes too long to get from one side of the map to the other because dangerous crap keeps killing you, this game will be awesome without fast travel.

Ironhope

Virtually all other mmo-rpgs traded the gameplay & emotional dept by trading it for convenience.

What were the results?

Disastrous. It's one of the reasons why mmo-rpgs suck nowdays.

Just let the map be colossal and dangerous.

Yes it will be inconvenient (for some).

That's great.

Geronimo

Atama wrote: »

because dangerous crap keeps killing you

Like me

Gizban

ELRYNO wrote: »

I think my opinion on fast travel will ultimately be decided once we get our hands on the entire world map. If it is unfeasible for you to get from one side of the world to the other in a single 6 hour game session then I think we may have a problem on our hands.

Why is that a problem?

Gizban

Noaani wrote: »

ELRYNO wrote: »

I think my opinion on fast travel will ultimately be decided once we get our hands on the entire world map. If it is unfeasible for you to get from one side of the world to the other in a single 6 hour game session then I think we may have a problem on our hands.

If this is the case and there is not a multitude of objectives to complete along the way then travel becomes stale.

Why are you traveling?

Thats what I'm wondering. Either he's box ticking, or wants to 'explore' but for some reason wants to be done quickly??

Nerror

Goalid wrote: »

The family summoning system is also going to be abused all to hell. I doubt it'll make it past A2 testing. No teleportation is the way the system should be, if they want the world economy and competition for the rarest resources to work.

That is already considered. No family summon will be possible if it circumvents any of that. From Steven:

The summon ability in current design could not be used if the member being summoned was in combat, corrupted, or in an event (caravan battle, siege, war) and they would need to have their mats, gatherables, or certs in their warehouse/storage not in their inventory. Otherwise the summon would fail. But as I said, this will all be tested.

I will not allow a system in place that circumvents the resource or region mechanics. Nor will an implementation be allowed that could abuse my “anti-Zerg” desires. The testing for this feature will be present in A2 and I will always err on the side of caution when examining the data we collect around this mechanic.

Atama

Geronimo wrote: »

Atama wrote: »

because dangerous crap keeps killing you

Like me

Oh dear. :'(

daveywavey

I hate the idea of the Family Summon. This is just a Family Summon for someone that doesn't have to be in your Family. No to both, please!

Samson1

I'd like to see how Family Summoning works in Alpha 2 before scrapping something before it's even tested.

daveywavey

Samson wrote: »

I'd like to see how Family Summoning works in Alpha 2 before scrapping something before it's even tested.

Ahhhh, you're the "one" who wants to try it! At least we all know now!

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