If no one else is willng to say it, I will..

If you want a lobby play CoD, this is a virtual world, and I want travel times to feel more real.

I maybe a minority but the alure of MMOs is that it is a virtual world that is continuous not some small lobby with gobby kids.

TH

<maybe it adds to the immersion of the game?>

All the spaceports and orbital stations look exactly the same--if anything it breaks immersion, since you're constantly reminded how cookie-cutter Bioware had to go to make a game this massive viable. I leveled to 50 and traveled to Ilum, wasn't exactly stoked to see the same orbital station layout greeting me ("Yeah! fresh, new content!")

"Mood" and "immersion" bits are way better-done in Mass Effect, in much smaller areas. Usually there's a cool poster, NPC, graffiti, lighting effect, dancing girls, animation, awe-inspiring vista in the distance--how does this apply to orbital stations, where there's nothing to see, and they're not even differentiated from one another, in the context of a game that's already unimaginably massive and time-wasting?

No, it has everything to do with ADHD.

You are singularly focused on leveling and believe that anything that slows that down is a "time sink', that takes away from the game. This is in your mind. Most players are not on that tread mill.

If you are bored in this game, you are doing it wrong.

See what I'm saying, and I don't even have ADHD lmao.

I must say I'm glad out of the whole post you picked that part.

Right now your in love with the game, it's your child anything true said against it is untrue.

This is exactly what it's like when people argue that Aion was not a grind in leveling, exact same argument.

Sorry, I disagree. Going through exactly the same airlock, then space station, then shuttle to the planet IS a treadmill, not a diversion from one. Would you also like to navigate your ship from the known hyperspace entry coordinates to the space station. Maybe we an add another 10 minutes of immersion there. Maybe we should have to wait 30 seconds for the ship to be decontaminated once its in the dock. I could think of a whole plethora of realistic, but unnecessary time sinks, that doesn't make them good for the game, and opposing doesn't make the player in question an automatic munchkin rushing to end game.

I personally get sick of the endless loading screens. I spend more time traveling at times than I do actually getting to play. What I mean by that is. I get stuck sometimes on my ship and can't get out onto the planet that I've just traveled to via spaceship. So I log out/log in and give it another whirl. Still no go, I log out, reboot my computer, do a "repair" on my launcher and "bam" it works again.....or maybe not. Then I have to travel to another planet in order to travel back to the planet I was at before and then it'll finally let me load into said planet. However, thus far, the only two planets that's done this to me are Aldaraan and Nar Shaddaa. Still, this is "Star Wars." Where's the advanced technology of spending hours running to various spaceports just to travel?

At least give us a "Ship Recall" or either setup terminals in the spaceports "like SWG" where we can click the terminals to travel to said planet. Seriously, the endless hours of travel are getting old already.

When I am running through these extra orbitals stations and whatnot, I do get a lite peeved. However, ultimately, I LIKE THEM. It gives the game an immersive touch. I remeber my everquest days. Vanilla, kunark, and velious saw the use of ship travel. Long epic journeys to get somewhere, a sense of grand scale. Eventually came the pop expansion with these dumb statues that will teleport anyone and their mom to anywhere with a touch... That in itself took away so much value from the game.

Keep the stations...

Lazy?

Why is it that anytime someone doesn't agree with someone else, there's always a few people that resort to insults? Why can't you just state your opinion and move on? Are you that angry with yourself that you can't make a post without insulting someone?

Maybe a culling of some of the elevator/loading screens, but no instant travel please. Lets keep the space travel in, it makes the game world feel more like a world instead of a tool.