Did SE intened WHM's to become tele-whores?

[Ameroth]

Re: Did SE intened WHM's to become tele-whores?

If you don't like WHMs charging for Teles, then don't pay for Teles. There's no need to make the "Ask SE" forum into a place for soap box ranting.

Whah whah. Never did I complain about the fees. In fact, I pondered that question while I was sitting in whitegate teleporting people myself. There's no need to make the Ask SE forum a place for unfounded accusations. >.>

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Maybe exploit wasn't the proper word. Maybe, I should have used said: "Did you intend to have white mages have teles so they could turn those spells into an avenue of generating money?"

After more [clear-headed] reasoning, I can see how SE originally intended WHMs to have teleports for the convenience they provide, but at the same time, a natural evolution occurs in the player base.

[Clever Ninja]

Re: Did SE intened WHM's to become tele-whores?

Things dont work out as SE planned. Clearest example is they never thought NIN would be tanks, but here we are. There's nothing wrong with it honestly, they help people get to where they need to go, and can make some money. WHM to 37 is hard from difficult.

[Necropolis]

Re: Did SE intened WHM's to become tele-whores?

I would shy away from the use of whore when addressing someone whom is not a "whore". Tends to leave the wrong impression.

I'm not sure if they intended it to be an exploit or unfair advantage for whm to have this. When you consider that melee jobs, or any job for that matter, can farm more effectivly (in general) for items to sell, it *almost* seems fair for whm to have this "exploit".

Low level mobs any job can farm effectivly, but some better drops for gil just take whm a lot longer to collect than most any job. But I think in the end it all balances out. Especially since most people I know have leveled whm just for teles, and can expoilt this as well.

But could you imagine travelling in this game if there wasn't always a whm there to tele? Unless it's a friend, and I'm not doing anything, I have no reason to tele some person to some other location. Means I have to zone twice, and stop what I'm doing. So with tele-taxi service, whms have a reason to do it, and everyone else doesn't seem to mind that they are there.

[ItazuraNhomango]

Re: Did SE intened WHM's to become tele-whores?

Did SE intened WHM's to become tele-whores

Why "whore"? ~_~

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Since questions may have to be translated into Japanese in order to obtain proper answers, it could be helpful if people can stay away from more "colorful" language and use more neutral, literal phrasing. (Spell checking on at least the question itself wouldn't hurt, either.)

"Did S-E anticipate the development of teleport-for-fee service in FFXI? Was this part of the design?"

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Why assume this is an exploit? Why not ask S-E if the company considers it an exploit or bad thing instead?

[LyonheartLakshmi]

Re: Did SE intened WHM's to become tele-whores?

You pay for pretty much every other form of transportation in this game. So why not for Teleports as well?

If you don't like WHMs charging for Teles, then don't pay for Teles. There's no need to make the "Ask SE" forum into a place for soap box ranting.

[Tekumel]

Re: Did SE intened WHM's to become tele-whores?

I was wondering this not to long ago (about 45 minutes ago when I first pondered the question), but was this your plan SE? Did you intend to have white mages have teles so they could exploit those spells to make money? Or did you just give teleports to the "masters" of enhancing magic so they could further enhance things for other people?

It doesn't seem like SE would intentionally give one job an easier way to be lazy and make money, but not include that ability for other jobs too. Or maybe they did do so intentionally. I guess that would be why I am making this thread. Any feedback anyone?

I don't think it was intended as anything more than a way to get your experience/event party to where they're going quicker. But it's a natural evolution of things.

Hell, while you're questioning this, let's move horizontally...do you really think they intended to have people charge for a Warp 2 from a city? Again, I really don't, but it seems like a natural avenue of profit if you're willing to level the job that high.

[Ameroth]

I was wondering this not to long ago (about 45 minutes ago when I first pondered the question), but was this your plan SE? Did you intend to have white mages have teles so they could exploit those spells to make money? Or did you just give teleports to the "masters" of enhancing magic so they could further enhance things for other people?

It doesn't seem like SE would intentionally give one job an easier way to be lazy and make money, but not include that ability for other jobs too. Or maybe they did do so intentionally. I guess that would be why I am making this thread. Any feedback anyone?