Especially in the DB questline. and so on and so on


I have noticed that not fast traveling does give you some random events, but I feel like it's just not worth it


EDIT: I forgot to say that I'm an average gamer. I play when I'm bored, if I don't have any school work, if no parties or friends are doing anything. I realize that A LOT of you actually play this game for a long amount of time for several days. Considering some of you already have like 20 or 30 decent characters. And I mean that in an all respectful way of course, I'm not one to judge one's lifestyle.

But I don't play this game every day of my life, nor do I play it for 5 hours when I'm able to play it. I don't want to have a night where I feel like playing this game but end up getting 2 missions that require a walk from Riften to Solitude or Windhelm to Markarth...I mean, there goes my night that was dedicated solely to walking around skyrim. Don't get me wrong, exploring every once in a while is great, but to do it for an excesive amount of time when trying to complete a desired mission is just overkill

What you feel is not always what the reality is.

Bethesda designed the game in such a way that you MUST have discipline and strength of will to resist all the hand-holding such as Fast-Travel. No one needs it, they just think they do (bad, bethesda. bad you do this just out of greed).

You really ought to try not Fast Travelling and it`ll make a big difference. There is a lot to see and do. But you have to put your mIND into simply not thinking about it at all, especially when you feel lazy or `can`t be bothered`. If you have a PC try using a Mod.

I`m probably wasting my time though...

As with Oblivion it is a choice. A personal matter nothing more. Now I will grant you that you do in fact run around a lot in that Storyline. So I can understand if you feel like you have to. Especially if you have a limited amount of time to play. However personally I like the traveling. You never know what you are going to run into. It is also a good way to encounter Dragons-unless they are the types that fly around mindlessly, and never attack.

If you want to Fast Travel then go ahead. No one is watching you, and there is no Achievement loss for doing it. It is an option that was implemented in my opinion. To allow Players with limited time to get through the Quests without feeling overwhelmed. Or feel like they must invest a lot of time in order to see the Storylines. You can also use the Carriage Services offered like I do if you want to get to a location faster without Fast Traveling.

Well, depends who is playing Skyrim, fast traveling is actual a must have function.

I ain't got all night playing computer game, really can't waste 5 more mins just to travel here and there on every quest.

You miss out so much by fast travelling. Whether or not it's worth it depends on you. Personally, I don't feel like it's worth fast travelling only to miss out on the lovingly hand-crafted world Bethesda made for us - like labouring on an exquisite meal, then ordering takeout because it's quick.

I understand the use of fast-travel for people who don't have a lot of time or patience in gaming, but it really is worth it. The sights, the events, getting to know the roads and the mountains. You really become part of the world, as opposed to some omnipresent being who only teleports between the cities.

Yes it makes you. It never forces player to use it as travel method but sometimes followers get stuck so badly that you need to fast travel on location where you already are just to get them work properly as they should.

I used to role play in MW and OB and was always aghast at how the quests always sent me alllll the way across the map for the next step, and then allll the way across the map again for the next step, and so on and so on ..... you're kidding right?? REALLY?

I'll never understand people that play this game on the PC. There is a console command to disable fast travel, you don't need to find and install a mod for that.

enablefasttravel <0-1> 0 = Disabled, 1 = Enabled

No need to get mad because he doesn't know a console command.

Lol, I usually don't fast travel but with the DB quest-line, it makes no sense whatsoever and I do it to save time (my own real-world time).

Games have always done this. With space games you go back and forth across the galaxy to bring someone an item so you can get a few credits. It could literally be something like a gem or a bear pelt. RPG writers sometimes haven't had a lot of imagination.

With regard to the thread title, Skyrim doesn't actually make you fast travel, but it does strongly encourage it in certain situations. Like with any quest where you have to escort someone to specific location. Fast travel prevents all hostile encounters along the way. Which only happen when you're around anyway. Really, all NPCs in the game should run away from you on sight. You bring death with you.

I would walk more if it wasn't for the mountains which make a long trip even longer.

That's absolutely ridiculous, I don't fast travel.


Then you chose the wrong game pal.

I only Fast Travel in the beginning, once I used the cart to get to the major places, because I don't want to walk from one side to the other of the map. However, once I am somewhere near where I need to go, I walk the rest of the way, exploring as I go.

However, you can use it or not use it, or use it partially to make things more convenient, but still explore.

I haven't done the DB yet, but I plan on it and the TG will often do the same thing, sending you all the way across the map for 1 job and then to another corner for the next. I've been taking 2 job's at a time with TG, so that I can plan out my route to give me the benefit of time saveing.

Thing is no one said that you have to just do that job. If you haven't done the Daedric quest's or gotten the Dragon Priest mask's, combine the time, plan out your route to do more than one thing. Explore a cave, dungeon or fort.

I can understand if all you are doing is DB and have to run back and forth, then I'd use carriges, to the nearest large town and walk from their, then go back to that town and use the carrige to go "home". That way you get some of the exploreing and some of the speed.

But really it's your game, you should play it the way that you want to.

I've done the whole DB questline several times without fast travel, so I don't see the problem.

There are certain skills in the game that encourage you to fast travel, like enchanting, trying to get as many soul gems as possible. If you are solely reliant on potions, this will force you to fast travel because the alchemy/general shops carry a small supply of healing and magica potions. I don't understand how anyone can have the patience for alchemy, either you have to do a million fast travel trips to get enough ingredients from shops or you have to loot every single little thing in front of you to get ingredients. I swear, the alchemy skill was created for people with OCD.

When I play, I play either doing limited fast travel (carriages or fast-travel on return trips) or no fast travel. It depends on the character, obviously the more self-reliant your character is, the less need for fast travel.

Tips for no fast travel:

1. Get the Educated Horses mod (you can store items on your horse so you don't have to stop at a city everytime you clear a dungeon.

2. Create a character that is self-reliant as possible. If your character is heavily reliant on crafting of any sort, this will be a hindrance. Instead of relying on buying or making potions, use potions and restoration or just restoration.

What makes me fast travel is that I do not want to walk out the same gate and take the same road away from Whiterun again and again.

Although I prefer to walk around; fast travel has its uses. I have found that when climbing crags for better bow shots I occasionaly fall into a "can't get out of" position. Been in a couple so far.

Is a tad trying to chase to the other end of the map for some quest items though.

I think I've discovered and been through every single location on the map, I'm pretty sure of this. I wonder if people who use fast travel, of how many random encounters they miss and how many locations they will never discover because they don't bother exploring.

I disagree but each to their own.

naa most of my char's do Alchemy, I only pick what I know I need for specific potion's, that's amount and type. I can usually find enough soul gem's, it's only the Greater and Grand that I ever buy.

But then again walk/running everywhere alows for that.

My character walks. I will walk from building to building and, if not on a horse, I will walk between cities and towns. When on a horse, I allow the horse to run (canter), but only on the roads and flat ground. When on broken ground, even horses should walk.

When walking, I always use 3rd person. First person feels like a crawl, but 3rd person feels like walking.

I will take the horse and carts, if they are convenient. I do not consider that fast travel, but more often than not the horse and carts are not going to the right places, so even if I use them, I still have to travel to the location. If I took the cart, then walking is the only option unless I buy or stea... err, borrow, a horse.

When fast travel is used, the Skyrim world seems small. When forced to walk it, Whiterun to Riften seems like a journey. On just about any journey, I will typically encounter a couple bandits, a half dozen wolves, one or two bears, and frequently a random dragon. (I get dragon souls faster than I can spend them)

Boring play? I suppose one could make that argument. It is the only way to really appreciate the wilderness graphics in this game.

There's nothing wrong with fast traveling at all. I prefer not to use it because doing so:

1. Extends the amount of playtime with a particular character.
2. I don't miss out on combat scenarios that help towards my character's leveling progression.
3. I get to see things that I may have missed from my last trip through the area.
4. Etc, etc.....


But no one should judge you on how you play a "single-player" game. Play it however you want to play it.

i just do it when i feel like it and don't when i don't

I honestly never fast travel XD Like with Oblivion, I'm always finding new, beautiful areas, interesting dungeons, or just action as I get ambushed by enemies