Dec, you’ve already made these (entirely valid) complaints and Riley already responded. You should try to include that in your future posts where the same thing is rehashed over and over.
Probably the best way to balance that out is to allow Runemages to continue doing what they’re doing, which is to say they can create portals from anywhere to any stone, and then introduce a mechanic where non-mages can travel only from certain locations to any stone. So that way it’s still advantageous to be able to cast the portal spells, as you can be in the middle of nowhere and quickly get someplace else, but at the same time if you aren’t a mage or can’t cast the spell, you can still get from e.g. Highsteppe out to the Desert dungeon quickly. It would still cost a Runemage reagant so using the airship would still be the preferred option especially for lower-level players or if you’re just not in a big hurry, but for high-level experienced veterans who have farmed up a pile of reagents, spending one to get where you want to go quickly is worth it.
Other than the fast travel, in terms of traveling overworld more quickly, we will be introducing a device that allows you to move much faster than you can currently while out of combat, but it’s something that you would not acquire until you are higher level.
Anyway, I will spend some more time working on that concept and see what we can do.
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