ShonaChaos Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Let's say for instance I'm on a planet and i want to go to the next planet... I start off on planet A... I have to run through the pointless space station that for some reason looks the exact same on every planet... I think I then have to zone into the hangar of my class... then I have to run all the way to shuttle or whatever... Then for whatever reason I'm now on a pointless orbital station... god dammit! So I have to run to the next point where I have to zone... now I'm in a goddamn airlock??? jesus Christ when will I get to my Spaceship... Ok cool I'm finally on my spaceship... oh my god I wish my stupid droid had something else to say other than the same 5 lines every time I zoned in... I wish he would shutup already! Ok cool, finally I'm ready to go to the planet I want... what the hell I'm in the goddamn airlock again... awesome I'll just run through that again for whatever pointless reason... Jesus Christ I'm on another orbital station. I guess I'll just spend more time running to the stupid shuttle... is there even a point to this stupid orbital station other than pissing me off... Cool I'm finally on the planet I want... oh Jesus tapdancing Christ i have to run through the hangar again... oh look I zoned into the exact same space station again? is this even a different planet or am I on the same one? Guess I'll have to run through this generic space station to see what planet I'm on... All that time wasted for no reason... My point... please for the love of god BW... make travel between planets less painful... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmegaMayhem Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Educate yourself on the meaning of the phrase 'time sink'. Welcome to MMO's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriGuyRedFive Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 All that time wasted for no reason... My point... please for the love of god BW... make travel between planets less painful...+1. You should be able to hearth to another planet, pure and simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raigirin Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Time Sink, I get for free, everyday stuck in traffic,going to and from work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrikeOfLight Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 +1. You should be able to hearth to another planet, pure and simple. Yup. Agreed. Bioware needs to hire another 50 employees, dub them "The Fixers", give them license to do all in their power to address the bugs and bad content within SWTOR, and unleash them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obi-Shinobi Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 They should have made it like SWG when traveling in between planets. Just go to a starport terminal at any starport click then chose where to go and be done with it. Impossible to go help someone Pvp on some planet when it's going to take 2-3 minutes just to get to the planet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvaro Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Lets say I am in one city and I want to travel to a different city. I have to get in my car drive down the road.... you getting my point. You ppl and your "I want to just click and go here, then click to go there." Maybe MMOs aren't for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrikeOfLight Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Lets say I am in one city and I want to travel to a different city. I have to get in my car drive down the road.... you getting my point. You ppl and your "I want to just click and go here, then click to go there." Maybe MMOs aren't for you. Pal, I waste enough time going places IRL anyways. If I am playing a game, I want to get places and get things done. One of the above posters is correct. They should put in an option to fast-travel or to go to a spaceport and select where you want to go and GO there, bypassing all the orbital station and spaceship crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sciiwalker Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 No need to change things, the system works fine as is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShonaChaos Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 Lets say I am in one city and I want to travel to a different city. I have to get in my car drive down the road.... you getting my point. You ppl and your "I want to just click and go here, then click to go there." Maybe MMOs aren't for you. Really? You think the travel between planets is fun? Or even remotely engaging? Or does it make you want to stab yourself in the head with a fork? This is supposed to be a fun game... not a drive from Los Angeles to San Francisco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvaro Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Really? You think the travel between planets is fun? Or even remotely engaging? Or does it make you want to stab yourself in the head with a fork? This is supposed to be a fun game... not a drive from Los Angeles to San Francisco. I have no problems with the travel. I expect to have to travel from planet to planet and place to place. If you want to be BEAMED from place to place there is a game for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sciiwalker Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 I enjoy the travel system, no need to be in such a hurry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agobi Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 (edited) Lets say I am in one city and I want to travel to a different city. I have to get in my car drive down the road.... you getting my point. You ppl and your "I want to just click and go here, then click to go there." Maybe MMOs aren't for you. Well then,lets go with your example; -enter taxi,drive halfway to airport... -get out,walk for10 minutes,then take another taxi the rest of way to airport.. -walk to the terminal furthest away from entrance.. -get in a small plane that flies you to another airport... -walk from one end of that airport to the other,just so you can take the elevator up one floor. -walk back across the entire airport get on the plane you really wanted.. -once that lands,reverse the prosess to get where you are going... Now,are we having fun yet? Edited January 29, 2012 by Agobi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sentryx Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Lets say I am in one city and I want to travel to a different city. I have to get in my car drive down the road.... you getting my point. You ppl and your "I want to just click and go here, then click to go there." Maybe MMOs aren't for you. Don't argue realism in a video game, it's a losing battle. Unless you want to reroll every time your character dies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancrizans Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 The solution is simple: go play a FPS. You obviously have no interest in the immersion the travel system provides, which is important to those of us who actually care about RP elements in the game. Is whatever you're doing so tremendously important that you cant take the time to use your ship and need to insta port all over the universe in a completely unrealistic way? I just don't get why people who are only concerned with completing tasks as fast as possible like little robots even play MMOPRGs to begin with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raigirin Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Well then,lets go with your example; -enter taxi,drive halfway to airport... -get out,walk for10 minutes,then take another taxi the rest of way to airport.. -walk to the terminal furthest away from entrance.. -get in a small plane that flies you to another airport... -walk from one end of that airport to the other,just so you can take the elevator up one floor. -walk back across the entire airport get on the plane you relly wanted.. -once that lands,reverse the process to get where you are going... Now,arewe having fun yet? Haha no , you just described my life When I finally kick back and play , I wan't to pvp or run some FPs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfRadick Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Sounds like the PVP and PVE servers that are not RP would benefit from having the option to quick travel or do it the long way, while keeping the RP servers with no option to be quicker keeping the immersion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShonaChaos Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 I enjoy the travel system, no need to be in such a hurry. I enjoy realism as much as the next guy, but if we're really travelling between planets it probably takes light years. Are you really going to sit at your computer for the next 3000 years waiting to arrive on the next planet? No, of course not. If given the option to fast-travel between planets or do the whole orbital station/airlock/hangar crap, which are you going to choose? I don't think anyone actually 'likes' it, they just tolerate it because they have to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sentryx Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 The solution is simple: go play a FPS. You obviously have no interest in the immersion the travel system provides, which is important to those of us who actually care about RP elements in the game. Is whatever you're doing so tremendously important that you cant take the time to use your ship and need to insta port all over the universe in a completely unrealistic way? I just don't get why people who are only concerned with completing tasks as fast as possible like little robots even play MMOPRGs to begin with. Isn't that a bit like forcing RP elements on others though? Can't you just stand there for 10 minutes and pretend you are waiting on your flight to arrive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sciiwalker Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 (edited) I just don't get why people who are only concerned with completing tasks as fast as possible like little robots even play MMOPRGs to begin with. You can blame the game that made everyone think the "real fun" starts at "end game." Since most of these people came from there, they just want Bioware to roll over and make it just like the game they came from, except with lightsabers. I admire Bioware for NOT focusing most of their resources on "end game." Games should be fun from the first level! Thank you Bioware! Edited January 29, 2012 by sciiwalker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buur Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Isn't that a bit like forcing RP elements on others though? Can't you just stand there for 10 minutes and pretend you are waiting on your flight to arrive? They only like the immersion if it is a burden on people who don't share their views. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShonaChaos Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 The solution is simple: go play a FPS. You obviously have no interest in the immersion the travel system provides, which is important to those of us who actually care about RP elements in the game. Is whatever you're doing so tremendously important that you cant take the time to use your ship and need to insta port all over the universe in a completely unrealistic way? I just don't get why people who are only concerned with completing tasks as fast as possible like little robots even play MMOPRGs to begin with. Why do you assume I'm not a hardcore MMO player? I actually can't stand FPS games. I enjoy levelling a character and being part of a community. I wouldn't even mind going from the planet directly to my ship, then going from my ship to the planet... the airlock/hangar/orbital station stuff is just so incredibly pointless and time-comsuming. It's not that I'm overly busy doing anything else. It's probably the same reason I don't re-buff myself with the 60 minute buff before every single fight, I don't see the point... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_grail Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 While I wish that the orbital stations had more in them but a vendor, I don't have a problem with the travel system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sciiwalker Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Isn't that a bit like forcing RP elements on others though? In an mmoRPg? Never thought there would be RP elements in an mmoRPg? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrOrionQuest Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Isn't that a bit like forcing RP elements on others though? Can't you just stand there for 10 minutes and pretend you are waiting on your flight to arrive? Well, this IS a mmoRPG, heaven forbid you actually participate in the last 3 letters..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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