Idea for fast travel

Khressandra

Picture this. I'm in Lion's Den in the Rift. I've just defeated two Mammoths and a Giant, and recovered the thing from the Mad God's Coffer. Now this weary wounded warrior wishes to return to the Mages Guild for just compensation. How could I do this?
Old and busted: Open map; find Deshaan (or one of the other zones if preferred); find the appropriate wayshrine; click on that; click on the option in the dialog box asking if I really intended to travel; watch animation.
The new hotness: open chat window; type /ft de5 (for Deshaan wayshrine #5: Mournhold), press enter; click on the option in the dialog box asking if I really intended to travel; watch animation.

BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE!
This could be shortened even more by adding a command to go straight to the fast travel option in the chat box by pressing a key, like ">", and perhaps adding on a modifier like Y for "yes" to skip the dialog box. Then it'd be: press >; enter "de5 y"; watch animation.

BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE!
What if I picked up the West Weald "Mosaic Incursion" daily quest previously, and want to go there instead. What I really need to do is go to any wayshrine in West Weald, just to get into the zone and find out which mosaic is active. So let's add a wildcard.
>; enter "ww? Y";¹ watch animation

¹or type "ww* Y"

BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE!
What if I have the Beam Me Up addon? I might want to use that for the money saving, right?
>; enter "bmu ww? Y"; watch animation (or get no results, womp womp)

BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE!
If you buy now, you can own a house. That's right; a whole house, and you can fast travel to that house. Now you could learn the 3-character code for that house and fast travel there. For instance, let's call "Flaming Nix Deluxe Garret" FND. (or perhaps have a nickname or nick-code² for it, and be able to use that?)
Anyway, then one could press >, enter "fnd y"; watch animation.
² This would, of course, have to be something that can't conflict with the game's 3-character codes. So perhaps four characters, like msm1 (my Stay Moist 1) or something.

Anyway, I believe this would be a convenient addition to the travel options. Thank you for your consideration, and as always, stay moist, my friends.

Syldras

That would be a lot of work for ZOS (let alone they most probably don't want players to be able to spend their whole game teleporting from one place to the next without walking three steps)... Also, I somehow doubt that people want to learn dozens of location codes.

Khressandra

I only travel 3 places regularly: Snugpod, Sugar Bowl Suite, and Flaming Nix. but I'd use the West Weald wildcard option often if it was available, same with other DLC zones with daily "world event" quests.

DenverRalphy

The whole idea is geared towards removing yet more immersion from the game. Something ESO really doesn't need right now.

TaSheen

No thanks. It works fine the way it is. If you're really stressed about it join Beam Me Up guild and travel to any member available.

oicero

Suspicious this one about botting. And next time you see a line of bots after a merchant selling trash and by using waypoints etc etc...
I'm sure you get the picture from cheap button smashing korean games.

SilverBride

This sounds like a lot of work to fix something that isn't even a problem.

bmnoble

No thanks only additions I want to the current fast travel system at the moment, is for them to place some Wayshrines next to the dolmens they insist on putting on islands that you have to swim out to hoping there isn't someone finishing the dolmen while your still in the water. That or some boats that take you from the shore to the islands for a more immersive option.

DenverRalphy

bmnoble wrote: »

No thanks only additions I want to the current fast travel system at the moment, is for them to place some Wayshrines next to the dolmens they insist on putting on islands that you have to swim out to hoping there isn't someone finishing the dolmen while your still in the water. That or some boats that take you from the shore to the islands for a more immersive option.

Personally, I want to see it in a companion perk. A companion similar to Nahlia in the Scribing Questline, that specializes in Portals. The perk could be the ability to fast travel to any discovered location on the map. Limited to once per game day (so once every 6 hours).

notyuu

Fun fact: If you have the beam me up adding you can type in /bmutp /X with X being your location of choice.
for example /bmutp/the_rift to get teleported to somebody in the rift, or if there's nobody there, a random way shrine in the rift

fedouva

Khressandra wrote: »

Picture this. I'm in Lion's Den in the Rift. I've just defeated two Mammoths and a Giant, and recovered the thing from the Mad God's Coffer. Now this weary wounded warrior wishes to return to the Mages Guild for just compensation. How could I do this?
Old and busted: Open map; find Deshaan (or one of the other zones if preferred); find the appropriate wayshrine; click on that; click on the option in the dialog box asking if I really intended to travel; watch animation.
The new hotness: open chat window; type /ft de5 (for Deshaan wayshrine #5: Mournhold), press enter; click on the option in the dialog box asking if I really intended to travel; watch animation.

BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE!
This could be shortened even more by adding a command to go straight to the fast travel option in the chat box by pressing a key, like ">", and perhaps adding on a modifier like Y for "yes" to skip the dialog box. Then it'd be: press >; enter "de5 y"; watch animation.

BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE!
What if I picked up the West Weald "Mosaic Incursion" daily quest previously, and want to go there instead. What I really need to do is go to any wayshrine in West Weald, just to get into the zone and find out which mosaic is active. So let's add a wildcard.
>; enter "ww? Y";¹ watch animation

¹or type "ww* Y"

BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE!
What if I have the Beam Me Up addon? I might want to use that for the money saving, right?
>; enter "bmu ww? Y"; watch animation (or get no results, womp womp)

BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE!
If you buy now, you can own a house. That's right; a whole house, and you can fast travel to that house. Now you could learn the 3-character code for that house and fast travel there. For instance, let's call "Flaming Nix Deluxe Garret" FND. (or perhaps have a nickname or nick-code² for it, and be able to use that?)
Anyway, then one could press >, enter "fnd y"; watch animation.
² This would, of course, have to be something that can't conflict with the game's 3-character codes. So perhaps four characters, like msm1 (my Stay Moist 1) or something.

Anyway, I believe this would be a convenient addition to the travel options. Thank you for your consideration, and as always, stay moist, my friends.

Apparently you have played few games)It's all very simple in terms of movement, try for example to play mortal online 2 then you will immediately realize how casual player you are))))))))

El_Borracho

Or just buy the cheap apartment in Deshaan.

kargen27

So basically going from four mouse/keystrokes to 10. Even the best wait there is more is more than the four actions the original method would take you. I'm thinking you want to remove the load time it takes for the map to come up? Only thing that makes any sense but wouldn't that time be lost as the server would need to process your input anyway?

FlopsyPrince

The BeamMeUp addon on the PC does this almost perfectly. Perhaps not to the guildhouse, but to the zone if at least one guild member is there.

Much more of a pain on console unless you happen to find someone there.

I do have the Holiday Globe House on all my platforms as a common house to beam to with a wayshrine nearby.

I would like the map to have an option to tell me if someone in one of my guilds is in the current zone, even if limited to the specific current zone, but ideally whichever one I am looking at.

I also bought the Alinor house (not the small one) on all platforms so I have a way to beam back there quickly, since I base most characters there.

LaintalAy

Still waiting for Ye Olde Morrowind-style Mark and Recall spells

Mark where you are.
go anywhere you need to.
Recall back to your mark.

I used all the vast amounts of gold that I made as a filthy casual trader, to purchase all the in game houses that don't need a pre-requisite achievement to buy. Add a set of Cowards Gear and some speed passives and Bob's yer Uncle.

One thing I do for new chars is to travel to guild members that are anywhere for an hour or two. Especially those zones that have one of those wayshrines linked to a quest; sometime you get lucky and someone is there.
This adds the wayshrine to the map and a little bit of XP for the discovery. Make sure you get the 'discovered' message.

TaSheen

I have multiple accounts. When I need a wayshrine for a character who doesn't have it, I figure out who does have it (it's mostly for Coldharbour - because it's rare in my experience that BMU members are there) and pop a second instance of the game for the other account just so whoever needs a port can get one.

katanagirl1

If you have Elsweyr, the inn room there in Rimmen (I think it’s Sugar Bowl or something) is the best if you choose the port outside option. You are actually outside the inn, no other loading screens, and the wayshrine is just a few steps away. Then you can port anywhere else.

El_Borracho

katanagirl1 wrote: »

If you have Elsweyr, the inn room there in Rimmen (I think it’s Sugar Bowl or something) is the best if you choose the port outside option. You are actually outside the inn, no other loading screens, and the wayshrine is just a few steps away. Then you can port anywhere else.

Same as the apartment in Vulkhel Guard. But if this is just for Mages Guild quests, Deshaan is the best. Don't have to go in the tree like Grahtwood or buy an expensive home like in Stormhaven

katanagirl1

El_Borracho wrote: »

katanagirl1 wrote: »

If you have Elsweyr, the inn room there in Rimmen (I think it’s Sugar Bowl or something) is the best if you choose the port outside option. You are actually outside the inn, no other loading screens, and the wayshrine is just a few steps away. Then you can port anywhere else.

Same as the apartment in Vulkhel Guard. But if this is just for Mages Guild quests, Deshaan is the best. Don't have to go in the tree like Grahtwood or buy an expensive home like in Stormhaven

The other inn rooms put you outside the door for your apartment, but inside the inn. Elsweyr does not. So it’s one less loading screen.

Necrotech_Master

SilverBride wrote: »

This sounds like a lot of work to fix something that isn't even a problem.

this right here

porting to a house or wayshrine through the map is already extremely easy

PC even has addons like beam me up which make it even easier to get around to places that dont have wayshrines as long as someone on your friends or guilds is present in the location

El_Borracho

katanagirl1 wrote: »

El_Borracho wrote: »

katanagirl1 wrote: »

If you have Elsweyr, the inn room there in Rimmen (I think it’s Sugar Bowl or something) is the best if you choose the port outside option. You are actually outside the inn, no other loading screens, and the wayshrine is just a few steps away. Then you can port anywhere else.

Same as the apartment in Vulkhel Guard. But if this is just for Mages Guild quests, Deshaan is the best. Don't have to go in the tree like Grahtwood or buy an expensive home like in Stormhaven

The other inn rooms put you outside the door for your apartment, but inside the inn. Elsweyr does not. So it’s one less loading screen.

True, but I don't get load screens in base zones when entering or leaving the inns in Auridon or Deshaan. I do for DLC or expansion zones. Don't even get me started on the amount of load screens if you port into the apartment in Summerset or West Weald. Especially if you make the mistake of going into the restaurant (I think) inside the inn in Skingrad.

Danikat

I'm not against the option of chat shortcuts for those who want it, but the fact that you'd need to remember the codes for each map and the number of each wayshrine guarentees I'll never use it. Even if there was a way to look it up it'll be faster for me to open the map and find it than look up and type in the code.

DenverRalphy

katanagirl1 wrote: »

If you have Elsweyr, the inn room there in Rimmen (I think it’s Sugar Bowl or something) is the best if you choose the port outside option. You are actually outside the inn, no other loading screens, and the wayshrine is just a few steps away. Then you can port anywhere else.

Sugarbowl Suite is usually my go-to as well, because you can literally see the wayshrine right there. It's friggin great! I use it for most of my day to day stuff. And all the amenities you could possibly need well laid out right there, a straight shot to any of them.

However I'd be remiss if I didn't also give some credit to the Cyrodilic Jungle House in Malabal Tor at the Baandari Trading Post. It too has an external entrance right by a wayshrine. And with it literally right next door to Black Vine Villa (which I intentionally don't purchase), it's incredibly useful for doing my Survey Report runs. I keep it tee'd up in the map and can choose either house with one clicky depending on whether I want to refresh the survey spot with a preview because i have a stack of them, or want a wayshrine to the next zone I'm headed to.

katanagirl1

DenverRalphy wrote: »

katanagirl1 wrote: »

If you have Elsweyr, the inn room there in Rimmen (I think it’s Sugar Bowl or something) is the best if you choose the port outside option. You are actually outside the inn, no other loading screens, and the wayshrine is just a few steps away. Then you can port anywhere else.

Sugarbowl Suite is usually my go-to as well, because you can literally see the wayshrine right there. It's friggin great! I use it for most of my day to day stuff. And all the amenities you could possibly need well laid out right there, a straight shot to any of them.

However I'd be remiss if I didn't also give some credit to the Cyrodilic Jungle House in Malabal Tor at the Baandari Trading Post. It too has an external entrance right by a wayshrine. And with it literally right next door to Black Vine Villa (which I intentionally don't purchase), it's incredibly useful for doing my Survey Report runs. I keep it tee'd up in the map and can choose either house with one clicky depending on whether I want to refresh the survey spot with a preview because i have a stack of them, or want a wayshrine to the next zone I'm headed to.

I’ll keep that in mind…if I can ever remember to pick up the Imperial upgrade the next time it goes on sale.

TaSheen

Do you need the Imperial upgrade to buy that house? I don't know.... I've never looked at it. Not my sort of thing. I thought the only one you needed the Imperial upgrade for was Strident Springs?

katanagirl1

TaSheen wrote: »

Do you need the Imperial upgrade to buy that house? I don't know.... I've never looked at it. Not my sort of thing. I thought the only one you needed the Imperial upgrade for was Strident Springs?

UESP does not say that you do need Imperial upgrade, but I thought I was considering the Imperial house in Craglorn and it had those requirements when I checked the price in game, though UESP does not mention it for that one either.

I will check tomorrow in game if I can remember.

DenverRalphy

TaSheen wrote: »

Do you need the Imperial upgrade to buy that house? I don't know.... I've never looked at it. Not my sort of thing. I thought the only one you needed the Imperial upgrade for was Strident Springs?

Oi.. I forgot that to buy it with Gold (70k) you need the imperial upgrade. Otherwise it's available via crowns. The Imperial Upgrade is cheaper than the crown cost of the house fwiw.

Tandor

No thanks, it all sounds far more cumbersome than the existing system which is fine as it is.

TaSheen wrote: »

I have multiple accounts. When I need a wayshrine for a character who doesn't have it, I figure out who does have it (it's mostly for Coldharbour - because it's rare in my experience that BMU members are there) and pop a second instance of the game for the other account just so whoever needs a port can get one.

I don't use my two original accounts, abandoned since AwA, but I have set the principal home on each of them to different houses that are useful - one, for example, is set to Psijic Villa which provides a quick way for new characters to get to Artaeum - so that my active account characters can travel to those, although I must admit that I do enjoy finding the way through zones that new characters haven't been to before.

TaSheen

DenverRalphy wrote: »

TaSheen wrote: »

Do you need the Imperial upgrade to buy that house? I don't know.... I've never looked at it. Not my sort of thing. I thought the only one you needed the Imperial upgrade for was Strident Springs?

Oi.. I forgot that to buy it with Gold (70k) you need the imperial upgrade. Otherwise it's available via crowns. The Imperial Upgrade is cheaper than the crown cost of the house fwiw.

Ah, that explains it then! I've never looked at it that close, just not really my sort of house in any case.