I'm sure that I will use it frequently. I won't want to at first, but as soon as I've been somewhere once, and then have to return at a later date, I will say, 'f*** it' and quickly use the fast travel. It's a shame and I hope I am wrong. It would be awesome to be so motivated by exploration that I don't want to skip wandering it.
Poll: Skyrim: how often will you be using fast travel?
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The point of having a huge open world to explore is to explore it and look for treasure and stuff in all those little dungeons which define the series (and will hopefully still be present in the usual numbers). As a result I will tend towards travelling overland to begin with while I explore, but as I clear out areas of the map and so on I plan to fast travel through those areas as there will be less point in walking through places I've already explored.
If you fast travel constantly, right from the beginning, your going to miss half the game, but at the same time when you get to the point where your going to be doing the "Ultima Workout" you know find a clue/quest, travel to the other side of the world, etc... that's where fast travel becomes useful.
If you fast travel constantly, right from the beginning, your going to miss half the game, but at the same time when you get to the point where your going to be doing the "Ultima Workout" you know find a clue/quest, travel to the other side of the world, etc... that's where fast travel becomes useful.
It will depend on how fast I can travel on foot/by horse, and what my time constraints are like. For example, if I'm playing, and I have to leave to go to work in a half hour, and I know that reaching my destination without fast travel could take up to 10 minutes, I'd go for the fast travel option.
I'll use it when I can't be bothered, which won't be often.
Unless I keep being killed by bandits or creatures while traveling about
Unless I keep being killed by bandits or creatures while traveling about
It really depends on the distance I need to travel. If I can see my destination from where I'm standing, then I'm most definitely walking. If it's far beyond my field of view, then whether or not I fast travel depends on the scenery and my mood. If it's on the other side of the fucking map, screw walking.
I think that these rules of mine will change a bit due to the random encounters with dragons.
I wish that Skyrim would adopt a system similar to Morrowind's, but where when you select a destination to travel to from the various fast travel stations, instead of a list it would present a map with the available destinations with your quest marker displayed so you can see which is closest. I hated how using the silt striders was such a guessing game.
I think that these rules of mine will change a bit due to the random encounters with dragons.
I wish that Skyrim would adopt a system similar to Morrowind's, but where when you select a destination to travel to from the various fast travel stations, instead of a list it would present a map with the available destinations with your quest marker displayed so you can see which is closest. I hated how using the silt striders was such a guessing game.
In Oblivion I first of all didn't realise that it was an option. Then when I did I abused the fuck out of it and have ever since. My main character is a mage character, and I always had this little ritual that I did whenever I fast travelled. I would jump and cast a healing spell on self in third person and pretend that this was the animation for a teleport spell at which point I would select a destination.
I wouldn't say the game was better or worse before fast travel, I'd just say it changes it. If I fancy heading off into the forest then I will, but if I fancy finishing a quest long forgotten about that's miles away then I'll pick it up from where I left off instantly.
I'm not going to explore the whole map in one play through anyway. I think it makes more sense to explore certain areas on the world depending on who your character is. I had a great game playing as an argonian exploring the waters of the rumare and all the little rivers, not doing a single quest. And because of me not having explored all of these areas before, fast travelling past them usually, it meant I got a load of new content. The characters who chose to focus on various quest lines would be more concerned about stopping the oblivion crisis/ mannimarco/ the blackwood company than popping off into a random fort every five minutes to loot things so it makes sense for them to fast travel though.
I wouldn't say the game was better or worse before fast travel, I'd just say it changes it. If I fancy heading off into the forest then I will, but if I fancy finishing a quest long forgotten about that's miles away then I'll pick it up from where I left off instantly.
I'm not going to explore the whole map in one play through anyway. I think it makes more sense to explore certain areas on the world depending on who your character is. I had a great game playing as an argonian exploring the waters of the rumare and all the little rivers, not doing a single quest. And because of me not having explored all of these areas before, fast travelling past them usually, it meant I got a load of new content. The characters who chose to focus on various quest lines would be more concerned about stopping the oblivion crisis/ mannimarco/ the blackwood company than popping off into a random fort every five minutes to loot things so it makes sense for them to fast travel though.
I generally have 2 times when I fast travel. If I'm trying to speed something through. Ie. I'm going out in half an hour and want to finish the quest and have travelled along the path before and already explored it. Although usually don't use it for that reason. Other time is if I'm fully loaded and about to go into a ruin, I'll just fast travel back, sell/drop items at my house then fast travel back to the ruin.
Even if a quest is on the other side of the map I'll walk but do other quests along my route.
In Syrim though I have had to add fast travelling to another city from the one I'm in so that I can get to a merchant with some gold.
Even if a quest is on the other side of the map I'll walk but do other quests along my route.
In Syrim though I have had to add fast travelling to another city from the one I'm in so that I can get to a merchant with some gold.
Generally, I used the wagons to get to the major cities, and then run to the quest site, complete the quest and fast travel back to turn it in. No point in discovering the same ground twice.
you could buy a horse, also, (I don't know werether this bothers you) if you are on your horse, and you fast travel, you will take less time to get to your destination. A horse is a nice way to play the game, you can get place quicker, and still have all the scenery, if thats what you want.Kiardras said:
Only if a death sents me back halfway across the world and there was nothing important that happened along the way.
If the travel distance is more than about 1/8 of the map, I'll fast travel. I'm lazy, simple as that.
I've been using the horse drawn carriage mostly. Every now and then, if I need to sell 349/350 weight capacity I'll fast travel home to offload some stuff.
Later playthroughs I will use it 100% of the time, but as long as the game is stilll "new" I want to see all that amazing landscape.
Later playthroughs I will use it 100% of the time, but as long as the game is stilll "new" I want to see all that amazing landscape.
I will use fast travel under the following circumstances.
1. If I have just finished a dungeon. One of the "rewards" is that I get to just bounce back to town and sell my loots.
2. If I am in/near a major city and travelling to another major city. The carriage rides are just fast travel that costs money.
3. If I am "running errands". For example, if I'm working on my smithing and trying to hit every smithy everywhere buying up all of their raw goods, making armor, and selling it back to them.
1. If I have just finished a dungeon. One of the "rewards" is that I get to just bounce back to town and sell my loots.
2. If I am in/near a major city and travelling to another major city. The carriage rides are just fast travel that costs money.
3. If I am "running errands". For example, if I'm working on my smithing and trying to hit every smithy everywhere buying up all of their raw goods, making armor, and selling it back to them.
I get your point, but when I've traveled past a place a couple of times...it gets tedious. I like to spend my time actually exploring, not running to and fro known places.k-ossuburb said:
I dont use it every time I can, but every time I want to. And I am glad Bethesda allows ME to make the choice.
I'm using it a lot. I dont want to have to wander the large distances of the big map every single time, especially considering the companions who cant follow me as simply as i can wander the world itself, since they cant use horses and wont climb some of the mountainpathes i will take. Not fasttraveling just increases the risk their pathfinding will fuck something up.