Realistically, Whats the Most Efficient Transportation in the FF Series?

[goldraine]

This question's actually been bugging me for a while.

What is, realistically, truely the most efficient form of transportation, economically and in terms of speed/world coverage?

First, your feet. Thats the first for of traveling around in most titles, and also generally the slowest. Obviously you would get tired of running around without rest and food.

Second, Chocobos. Fast, but they have a mind of their own. Unless you have a well trained one, I expect it act no different than a wild horse. They are animals, y'know. They would need food and proper nurtureing. They are also rather versatile. They can breed to create other types of Chocobos capable of traveling along more difficult terrain easier.

Thirdly, Vehicles. Gas money is as expensive their as it is here. It is quite speedy, but like all cars they do require gasoline.

Fourth, Ships. Never very fast, but the ultimate sea vessel.

Fifth, Airships. Insanely fast, and running on nothing but... nothing it seems. Requires a large crew generally, and can cover huge areas of land. Obviously, it would be rather costly to build, purchase, and pay the crew. No common adventurer could cover these costs.


Now that you've heard my arguments, what do you guys think?

[LunarWeaver]

Train

[Fantasy Fan]

Steam powered airships.

[Nick Schovitz]

Cars, check out squall in his bad ass car Yeah he'll be picking up all the ladies.

[Azure Chrysanthemum]

Eventually, and generally not terribly far into the game, you acquire the ability to teleport via magic. This is generally not too costly and it allows the travel of great distances for a mere pittance of cheaply replenishable resources.

While this doesn't allow for one to visit new places, realistically it'd be the best method to travel.

[boys from the dwarf]

if magic was real, warp and teleport would be the best way. the best vechile is in FF5. an airship, a submarine and a boat all in one? wins hands down.

[rubah]

the ragnarok can go into outer space, carry a bunch of people, blow up stuff, and do loopdeloops.

Plus they never have to buy fuel, which is a big nix on teh ff8 cars.

(did I mention that esthar gave ragna away, making it free?)

[Dell]

The Duct in Tales of Legendia...really save me from 1000 miles walking.

[Zeromus_X]

Eventually, and generally not terribly far into the game, you acquire the ability to teleport via magic. This is generally not too costly and it allows the travel of great distances for a mere pittance of cheaply replenishable resources.

While this doesn't allow for one to visit new places, realistically it'd be the best method to travel.

That's really more of a DQ thing. Most teleportation magic in FFs seem to be for exiting dungeons, and then only in older titles. (Unfortunately...)

As for me, I guess Airship. Who doesn't want to fly in an Airship, I mean, really. For a classic airship, a zeppelin ship like FFVI, a spaceship like Ragnarok, any kind of Airship.

And you'll know how to use it right when you obtain it, a plus.

[Yuffie514]

Fifth, Airships. Insanely fast, and running on nothing but... nothing it seems. Requires a large crew generally, and can cover huge areas of land. Obviously, it would be rather costly to build, purchase, and pay the crew. No common adventurer could cover these costs.

well, at least that's a good reason for having too much Gil, mainly in Final Fantasy VIII.

best transportation = airship.

[Dignified Pauper]

I like ships. lots and lots of ships.

navy wars inspire me

[Miriel]

Eventually, and generally not terribly far into the game, you acquire the ability to teleport via magic. This is generally not too costly and it allows the travel of great distances for a mere pittance of cheaply replenishable resources.

While this doesn't allow for one to visit new places, realistically it'd be the best method to travel.

Yup.

Hit a command, some flashy lights, and bam, you're at your destination. Probably the quickest and most efficient way to travel. Since it requires little more than selecting where you want to go and then going then almost in an instant.

For traveling to places you've never been before, airship is probably the best way to go.

[blackmage_nuke]

The FFVI ghost train was the only transportation that takes people to the afterlife...unless you count walking to death or crashing your vehicle,boat or airship.

But seriously I love the FF trains, very little polution, unless the FFVII train was powered by mako...

[Qurange]

The trains were pretty handy in FF8, though.

[~SapphireStar~]

The trains in FF8 or the airships. I look forward to seeing what the next airships going to look like!