Reno_Tarshil Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Correctamundo. What? You support this for Voss and not the 10 hour taxi ride that is Alderaan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Wicked Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 (edited) What? You support this for Voss and not the 10 hour taxi ride that is Alderaan? Hell no. I was saying that I love the Taxi rides, regardless of the planet where I am. I do reckon that a couple of them on Voss and Alderaan are a bit nonsensical, since you seem to walk in circles before reaching your final destination. Edited June 25, 2014 by Darth_Wicked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graydon Posted June 25, 2014 Author Share Posted June 25, 2014 What? You support this for Voss and not the 10 hour taxi ride that is Alderaan? I like to sit back and enjoy the view. It's perty. It's immersive. Alderaan isn't going to be around forever you know. Crap no spoiler alert! My Bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reno_Tarshil Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 I like to sit back and enjoy the view. It's perty. It's immersive. Alderaan isn't going to be around forever you know. Crap no spoiler alert! My Bad. The sooner the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Wicked Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 The sooner the better. No butterfly snaring for you then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reno_Tarshil Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 No butterfly snaring for you then. Don't you remember, I've moved the hunt to Tatooine in search of catching Krayt Dragons with butterfly nets while Vette and I build Sand Castles at the Beach... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOHboy Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Yes you really should follow your own advice... If complaints over long taxi rides was the determining factor on the fade to black, why bother with a taxi station? Why not just direct everyone to use fast travel? If FT is on cool down, then charge the taxi price. And don't say the taxis are for immersion....the fade to black is immersion breaking. The original taxies were there from the start at release, as people were starting their 3rd or 4th alts and doing the same planet 3 or 4 times a year + into the life, people realized a lot of time was being wasted watching your char travel to a place you just wanted to quest. QT was a 30 minute cool down and some of those taxi rides were long. When they released Makeb people were HAPPY (and read VERY HAPPY) to not have to sit through long taxi rides when all they wanted to do was get from A to B as quickly as possible. They really enjoyed the time savings and speed of travel being able to skip the taxi flights and just 'get where you wanted too" They have been main stays since then with new areas and expect them to be kept as is for all future expansions. It was nothing about immersion and scenery. It was not having to waste time doing nothing while watching your taxi fly. The player base wanted it, devs implemented it and has been no problems since...until now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarian Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 So what the heck happened to Makeb Taxis????? Fade to black....seriously??? I'm nowhere near Makeb yet myself, but yeah, that sounds lame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Wicked Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Don't you remember, I've moved the hunt to Tatooine in search of catching Krayt Dragons with butterfly nets while Vette and I build Sand Castles at the Beach... That's actually a lovely image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Loto Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Just hop on the taxi with a romanceable companion and pretend it's the other kind of fade to black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crubel Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Just hop on the taxi with a romanceable companion and pretend it's the other kind of fade to black. If we could have companions ride with us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Wicked Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 If we could have companions ride with us They did consider but since companion droids such as T7 and M1-4X would be a hassle, they just opted to scrap the idea altogether. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altaboy Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 (edited) I haven't read every post, so not sure if this has been posted yet. but next time you get on a taxi on Makeb... hit alt-z as soon as you get on, before it fades to black (you'll probably want to hit alt-z again once you get off the taxi) Edited June 25, 2014 by altaboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddballEasyEight Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 I wish Alderaan had fade to black Taxis... I wish we had a choice... Sometimes it's nice to go for a long leasurly taxi ride (like when you have to go pee for example ) but sometimes you just want to get there. If they implemented a toggle (maby press spacebar to fade to black and go "makeb-fast") that'd be perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddballEasyEight Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 I haven't read every post, so not sure if this has been posted yet. but next time you get on a taxi on Makeb... hit alt-z as soon as you get on, before it fades to black (you'll probably want to hit alt-z again once you get off the taxi) Does that work? I heard about it before but never tested it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryand Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Does that work? I heard about it before but never tested it... It doesn't fade to black, but the taxi ride is just as fast. The OP and the other <1% of people in the game who agree with him (and that's being generous) would still whine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altaboy Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Does that work? I heard about it before but never tested it... It doesn't fade to black, but the taxi ride is just as fast. The OP and the other <1% of people in the game who agree with him (and that's being generous) would still whine. What Kryand said... it does work. But everything zips by so fast it's hard to get a good look at the environment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halinalle Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 I wish Alderaan had fade to black Taxis... Why? What's the problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOHboy Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Why? What's the problem? getting on a thranta and traveling just bout the entire taxi chain can be a bit....slow. was one of the planets that caused people to request shorter travel times. In most cases taxis travel the same route as the roads, so if you wouldn't want to drive it on a speeder, taking a taxi is just only slightly faster given the speed buff. On other planets, they can bypass and have a direct route but in general take same path as the roads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arunav Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 What is everyone in such a hurry for to begin with? If you have time to play an MMO, you have time to look around a bit and appreciate a planet's design. The taxi rides on Alderaan are some of the nicest graphics in the game. Makeb is probably the best looking planet in the game. It would have been great to actually see it from a taxi. But I guess you need that saved 35 seconds when you have a busy MMO schedule to maintain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crubel Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 The taxi rides on Alderaan are some of the nicest graphics in the game. At first i liked Alderaan, but after playing through multiple alts, it get's old as it is a time sink. I equate it to listening to conversations in cut scenes. The first few times I watch, but after if it is a cut scene I have seen, I hit space bar to skip. The taxi rides are no different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomXChance Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 What is everyone in such a hurry for to begin with? If you have time to play an MMO, you have time to look around a bit and appreciate a planet's design. The taxi rides on Alderaan are some of the nicest graphics in the game. Makeb is probably the best looking planet in the game. It would have been great to actually see it from a taxi. But I guess you need that saved 35 seconds when you have a busy MMO schedule to maintain. Because we have seen those views (literally) hundreds of times? They were really nice the first 40-60 times. Since you mention Alderaan, I have to say that is the worst offender of the bunch. No only is is absurdly long, the taxi's do not even take the shortest route. They follow the roads exactly. So any speeder can go off the path, but the taxi's that fly higher and faster have to stick to the dirt path? Contrast that with some speeders like the one in TfB that at least takes you on a shorter route with things you cannot see when going through otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddballEasyEight Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Why? What's the problem? THIS is the problem... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Wicked Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 THIS is the problem... Beautiful vistas. That's the boggle again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reno_Tarshil Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Why? What's the problem? Because instead of going over the mountain side to get to your destination, the Thranta decides it wants to take it's sweet *** time and go the long way at a slow pace. No reason to go in a giant slow *** circle to get places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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