yes for loot runs and quest handing but I also use carriages

I'll use a carrige from capital to capital, ( some capitals dont have departing carriges though it seems ) from there I'm on foot. best of both worlds imo

I've been getting better about it each playthrough. My first playthrough went way too fast because I kept fast traveling, I'm planning on redoing that one eventually. For my second playthrough, I've limited how much I use it, but still used it for turning in quests sometimes.

In my current playthrough, I've only used it a couple of times so far. Just in those really annoying situations when you're inventory is full and there's dragon loot on the ground and scales you can't carry. I also travel right back to where I was after storage stuff and continue as if I hadn't FTed.

No, i avoid it.

I used it all the time in Oblivion, but as we have the Carrage to take to the main Holds(kinda like the silt strider from morrowind, but a Nordic alternative), i use that, walk or borrow a horse.

Still a bit annoying that some of the holds dont get a Carrage, an alternative would had been nice, like Mage portals perhaps.

It`s a teleport. Just a slow one, so I shall continue calling it a teleport.

Not that it has anything to do with my main point.

Never have...never will.

Other than the trip up to High Hrothgar, no I only use the carriages. I'm in no hurry to finish the game. I like how it adds more challenge to the quests. I have to deal with the random encounters, dragons and whatever in my way, and keep an eye on my supplies, and what I can pick up. I like looking in all the nooks and crannies out in the wilderness.

Took me 40hours until I discovered carriges. But, no, I try to fast-travel as little as possible, Skyrim looks nice.

I use fast travel when I do something stupid like forget that I had told my companion who is of course carrying my gear to wait somewhere or forgot to pick up a quest item and can’t be assed walking all the way back to get them...which has actually happened several times because I’m an idiot. I usually just use the carriages. I've had no problems with gold so I don't have a problem with having to drop loot.

Almost always use it when I want to drop off a ton of charged soul gems, other than that I'll usually walk.

In my latest playthrough I'm not using fast travel as much as I used to. Mainly before I got a new PC to run everything at max so walking through a beautiful scenery is actually fun now...


Here's my personal rules about fast traveling:

- Don't use carriages to go to a new city, You have to discovery it yourself first.
- Don't fast travel to any place *other* than the big cities.
- You have to walk/ride the way towards your objective from there, you can choose whichever city is closest.
- Fast travel back to a big city is allowed.

Also very important: don't abuse your horses mountain climbing skills. If you can't walk it normally don't use the horse to go beyond anyway. It cheapens the exploring experience imo.

[Edit:]
My reasoning for the "no fast travel before the objective/mission but is allowed after" rule is simple: going on a mission is exciting, where the cliche "the journey is more important than the destination" is often in effect. However once you're done, you just wanna unload your loot and start a new journey. No need to be all anol about that and waste your time walking the same path you took to get there.

Just my 2 cents.

For the entire first half of the game, I use fast travel (helps me stay focused on the important quests for my character). After about level 40 or so, I start walking everywhere, letting myself get distracted and generally enjoying the sights of the land. I'm especially partial to walking The Rift.

I fast travel about as often as OP presumably uses the forum's search function.

I always walk around as slowly as possible and every few in game hours I take off my pants to piss so I don't break immersion.

Carriages only

Not very often. Usually only when I've cleared a dungeon and I'm loaded up with high value stuff where I don't want to drop anything I have.
I'll fast travel home dumpto it then walk my way back.

Why pay 500 gold for a dog, then miss out on taking it for walkies?

just the wagons. ill make an exception if did something silly like forget a claw to open a tomb or something. other than that i run everwhere. you actually find alot of mini quests and some nice side areas that you will completely miss if you dont explore. this is one area that skyrim shines is that if you go off the beaten path you are often rewarded for it. people that fast travel around everywhere are just nuts because they are missing a big part of the game.

Blame inflation. Seriously though, 20 or 50 gold is too little, if anything.

I only fast travel.

When I need to get to a place, I walk. When I need to come back, I fast travel. I have never actually used the carriage, I feel as if it is never there (only see it in Whiterun)

Yes because all the area that people said you encounter you make miss when you fast travel, you will eventually encounter them all since there going to be some point where you have a quest in every area of the game...

I have explored almost all of Skyrim, and I have seen a carriage only two times during my explorations.

They are outside all the walled hold capitals but i think at least some of the ones without walls dont have a carraige

I am fine with nostalgia and pink colored glasses, and it is OK that you like Morrowind more, but the reasons you provided didn't make any sense. Here is why.

Morrowind's "real-world transportation" was nothing more than a dull loading screen for which you had to pay. The same goes for Skyrim's carriage. The difference is the price, which is so low that it is negligible. And guess what? Fast travel in Oblivion and Skyrim is also nothing more than a loading screen. It has a couple of advantages, though: (1) It is free (something you thought was important, because you specifically mentioned the costs). (2) You can only go to a location which you have visited before and thus it requires exploration in the wilderness (something you felt was important as well). (3) It is integrated in the world map (something I feel is convenient).

You conveniently left out the horse as a "real-world transportation". It is available in both Oblivion and Skyrim. Although you cannot fight on horseback and followers cannot use a horse, it is definitely more entertaining than a loading screen. It does not avoid exploration. Once you bought a horse it is free. Steel one if you prefer. Horses are a bit buggy, though.

If I were a Morrowind fan I would have brought up magical transportation with the Mark and Recall spells. The first is used to remember the current location and the second can be used later on to fast travel there. Almsivi Intervention allowed you to teleport to the nearest Temple. Too bad it was buggy and you didn't always arrive at the right location. The same goes for Devine Intervention which transported you to the nearest Imperial Cult shrine. Spells like these (without the bugs) would have been cool to have in Skyrim.