So I have decided in Skyrim I will not use the Fast Travel system. I missed out on too much in Oblivion. What will you do?

Pretty sure dragons have a higher chance to appear right after you fast travel.

I do when i really need to sell shit. I know if i roam around i will end up in another dungeon where i will have to drop stuff in order to pick up more stuff :p

Just for the selling often, warping back and forth to sell or store the goods and then warp back to where I left (ruin exit or town etc) and continue exploring.
Merchants really have too little cash so the warping is a needed thing sadly.

I always fast travel where appropriate. I'm not going to perform missions that take place in places I've seen already and spend useless hours going back and forth from them. Of course I venture out manually when in search of new dungeons and new content (and when I just want to wander around the world as it is simply gorgeous), but for many common tasks fast travel is preferred.

Only if I need to sell stuff to free up space and it's a route that I've already traveled a few times.

sadly, yes.

Never really felt the need to yet. I've only been over-encumbered once, I think some of you need to stop looting every weapon and armor from every corpse.

I do when i really need to sell shit.

not when i go somewhere. but when coming back i will

I use it when I need to sell, or I am doing a quest line that is just seeing people to get to the next step and if its halfway across the world ill Fast travel to the nearest point but I try to complete areas before I leave so I end up having to walk pretty far regardless.

@ajamafalous said:

Pretty sure dragons have a higher chance to appear right after you fast travel.

This seems to be the case

All the tme, unless I have a quest destination near a place I've never been to. I also intentionally walk off course from time to time, to discover new shit and shit.

Fast travel was required in Oblivion, just because of how poorly designed and boring the world was. It's the opposite with Skyrim. You're missing out on so much if you're just teleporting everywhere. And it also puts you in the mindset of "I need to finish this quest as quickly as possible, I just want to see what happens next, I just want to beat this game". Slow down and take your time. TES is all about discovery. With fast travel you're missing out on all the cool stuff to be found out on the road.

But I did fast travel once to Whiterun because I forgot to turn in a quest in town, and I was already far away.

Why do people have issues with fast-traveling? I don't get it.

I use it when I'm in a pinch and need to sell.

Having said that, I wish there was a way to turn it off so that it's not an option. Maybe a mod will take care of it.

I didn't use silt striders at all in Morrowind. I think over the course of my seventy-something hours in Oblivion I fast-travelled about twice, purely because I was tired of continually traversing the Gold Road for a couple of fetch quests. While I haven't got Skyrim yet, I'm pretty sure I won't be fast-travelling unless similar circumstances arise.

I fast travel when I am close to over-encumbered and can't afford to drop shit. Like after a Dragon fight for example, their bones are damn heavy and I don't want to leave them behind.

I head back to my home in Whiterun, say "what's up?" to Lydia and command her to sit by the fire because it looks more homely that way. Then I pop my stuff in a trunk of sell it or whatever say "peace out" to Lydia and go back to traversing the world with my trusty bow.

I've played for about 50hours and I haven't done it yet, so I won't start now!
I do use the carriage from time to time, though.

Just to sell and store items in Whiterun besides that I travel by horse.

For most of the time I fast travel but sometimes I walk/ride there because I know there's a big change I'll find new caves/camps along the way. 

After reading a bit through this thread...guess I'll have to stop using fast travel.

Yes, to avoid encumberance. Once I store/sell loot, I fast travel back close to my last known location.

I fast travel to sell stuff or when I have a particular goal in mind cause otherwise I'd get myself sidetracked while running to the next area.

It really depends on how far away I am from what I want to do. I do like roaming through the world though. Random shit that happens reminds me of Red Dead Redemption, and I never fast traveled in that game.

@ajamafalous said:

Pretty sure dragons have a higher chance to appear right after you fast travel.

Really? I should fast travel more often then. I need to get me some souls!

Guys, you people who don't fast travel are insane.

After playing MMOs for years I've been conditioned to use the fast travel system most of the time, even in single player RPGs. I still enjoy walking/riding across the world, however, especially in Skyrim.

Sometimes. Depends on the mood I'm in at the time.

Yes.

Definately use it when I am focused on questing, which is most of the time. When I want to explore I go explore. I hate it when I cleared out a fort or cave without a real purpose and then get a quest to do it (and don't get the credit for it).

only if i've been there before, new places i always walk to.

Only to sell stuff. Sometimes I've done the crazy thing where I would fast travel to a vendor, then fast travel back to where I was originally and walk back to the place I where I fast traveled too in the first place. I encounter all kinds of mishaps because of it.

i use it from time to time, but i like seeing everything

@Potter9156 said:

And it also puts you in the mindset of "I need to finish this quest as quickly as possible, I just want to see what happens next, I just want to beat this game". Slow down and take your time. TES is all about discovery. With fast travel you're missing out on all the cool stuff to be found out on the road.

Yeah, it's such a great world, I'd only fast travel if I need to. I'll always prefer walking.

I would get nothing done at all if I didn't fast travel.

Only to sell stuff. When a dragon comes that's about 100 encumbrance after you take care of the thing so you have to unload that stuff quickly.

All the time. I still take random hikes and explore, but if I need to get somewhere fast, I'll fast travel the shit out of Skyrim.

I do it to sell stuff. I've never ridden a carriage, but I'll pick the closest location to the current objective and fast travel there. Then I'll walk toward my objective and discover whatever I see on my radar before I actually enter the place of my objective. I haven't randomly walked in any direction with no purpose since I have so many places discovered that I haven't even seen yet.

Very rarely.

i dont even see how its possible to play this without fast traveling, you are still discovering all the places anyway the first time. And i "finished" the game with 100 hours too (wtf is wrong with me) so you dont miss content from fast traveling

What about horse-drawn carriage rides? I've taken them once or twice when I needed to reach Whiterun to store all my goodies quickly. Although I'm opposed to using fast travel this early in the game. They're sort of similar, but carriages feel less like cheating.

If I only have a limited amount of time to play and I want to bang out a quest or go do a dungeon or something before I have to stop then I will fast travel. I will to sell stuff too from time to time. I also spend most of my longer play sessions just exploring so I think it evens out.

As needed

Occasionally. I did it yesterday after walking from Whiterun to Rorikstead (a trip that took longer than usual after taking a wrong turn) only to be confronted by a guard who told me I had a 40 gold bounty on my head, I paid up and wound up back where I started so I decided to just quick travel back to Rorikstead (since I still had a fair bit more travel ahead of me - I was trying to find my way to Morthal.)

I usually go to the destination but then fast travel back.

@CJduke said:

@ajamafalous said:

Pretty sure dragons have a higher chance to appear right after you fast travel.

This seems to be the case

i find a dragon like every 5-6th fast travel so I am guessing it is right. When I run i rarely find a random dragon.. maybe 3 times vs the 20+ i have from fast traveling. And I fast travel when its for the really small side quests like "This person here has a problem, dont kill them but scare them, OK?". Otherwise if its a major quest i usually run it just so I can extend the fun :D

Have you seen the world map???? I love walking around to new places or when the objective is n the town just over the hill but some hikes can take an hour or so to complete. Those hikes are awesome when exploring but if its just to go talk to a dude to finish a quest, I fast travel