stackyFACTSYou are not magically teleporting across a sprawling fantasy map; you are just giving the hardware permission to take a nap.
You are not magically teleporting across a sprawling fantasy map; you are just giving the hardware permission to take a nap. Fast travel was invented solely because digital worlds became too large for any sane person to walk across repeatedly. While the game presents it as an instantaneous portal, it is really just an excuse to drop a massive curtain, aggressively purge the current environment from processing, and slowly assemble the destination.
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