I disagree completely. Teleports aren't "too convenient". They are still pretty damn expensive unless you're a rich endgame player. In which case, you can do a lot of missions and wouldn't care about the increased costs too much anyway.
You also need to realize that many members of the community don't get a whole lot of playtime. Many of us only have an hour or two we can play in one evening. If half of that is spent trekking, that's just no fun and it hinders the experience of the game.
Besides, there are are things you have to do on foot. Mektoubs can't teleport and, as someone who digs a lot, I trek them pretty frequently.
How is trekking rewarding? By being cheaper? What about the huge amount of time it takes? That doesn't sound rewarding to me. At all. Especially with how dangerous it can be in certain regions.
I'm honestly getting worried about the amount of people who want to gimp teleportation lately. It's like you people are trying your best to alienate parts of the community. I have said this before and I will say it again, turning something into a time sink is NOT engaging gameplay !
You also need to realize that many members of the community don't get a whole lot of playtime. Many of us only have an hour or two we can play in one evening. If half of that is spent trekking, that's just no fun and it hinders the experience of the game.
Besides, there are are things you have to do on foot. Mektoubs can't teleport and, as someone who digs a lot, I trek them pretty frequently.
How is trekking rewarding? By being cheaper? What about the huge amount of time it takes? That doesn't sound rewarding to me. At all. Especially with how dangerous it can be in certain regions.
I'm honestly getting worried about the amount of people who want to gimp teleportation lately. It's like you people are trying your best to alienate parts of the community. I have said this before and I will say it again, turning something into a time sink is NOT engaging gameplay !
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