If you are okay with TR moving the travel changes into TR_Mainland instead of keeping it separate and optional

I would vote no. I would like TR_Travels to remain separate plugin file. My reasoning is that I use mods altering Vvardenfell travel routes and I plan to make my own travel mod (probably based on TR_Travels) for Tamriel Rebuilt. Also it can possibly invalidate some default dialogue.

Do you want this to happen at all?

Question is about Faction Unification. My answer is YES. It's absolute must.

If agreeing that you want it to happen, would you want to see this kind of integration now or later, at a time when TR can add its own faction questline?

It doesn't seem to priority right now, so take your time. Not to mention that without new quests for Mainland you would have to keep faction's advancements rules at current level and edit it again later. Logically you would want to edit vanilla factions only once instead of twice in chunks.

Since it's feedback thread aka something I've always wanted to post my own little thoughts about TR I will now ask few (or maybe only one, I need to make more notes, right now I'm easily forgetting my thoughts about this beautiful game) questions. Ignore them if you want.
 

TR_Travels Integration: Yes, definitely!

I've seen too many people get confused with the plugin version. They either unintentionally don't activate it or they use it without having TR_Preview loaded up, ending with them traveling into completely empty areas.

Faction Unification: Yes, definitely!

This is a no-brainer. I strongly believe that mere mod compatibility for random mod XYZ isn't worth sacrificing that much immersion.

Some precisions on faction unification and savegames: a patch can be made to transfer quest progress from old saves (the scripts already exist in the mod version); increased requirements in the integration plugin might not apply if faction reactions have been modified ingame before in a save, but that won't prevent the save from working, it just means the requirements won't change.
 

Undertaker

 

 

What about other people leaving Vvardenfell, is there a list of all them?

There is:
http://www.tamriel-rebuilt.org/comment/5165#comment-5165
but you should probably make another thread for those topics

My 'yes' to all of this.

Atrayonis

Also, a few patches for the LGNPC mods and maybe Morrowind Rebirth would be needed, but that should not be much effort (copying a few pieces of dialogue and correcting NPC placement).

I don't see why TR should make dialogue changes for Morrowind Rebirth when Morrowind Rebirth doesn't do it for itself. I.e. it add ship route from Hla Oad to Seyda Neen, yet Hla Oad's shipmaster doesn't mention it at all in his/her dialogue.

Hi, I have only lurked on this site, but I thought I'd give my two cents.

First: The News mentions an Update 1706 - but there is no official release of this? The download page lists 1612 as the last update.

On the merging of Travel: Personally, I would be satisfied if either: Vanilla travel routes remain unchanged and additional routes are added to connect TR to Vvardenfell (as this causes the least disruption for Vanilla), of if you proceed with the plan (as pictured) to alter travel routes to eliminate the long range links. I would however prefer version one, as it changes vanilla less. It also makes sense that direct routes around the island would exist, as Vvardenfell seems to be relatively isolated from the mainland, otherwise questlines had to be altered to add links to the mainland as well. On the other hand, new quests could be added to add integration between Vvardenfell and the Mainland.

On merging the factions: Personally I think this could be done two ways as well.
1.) Just alter the names and requirement for faction level up. So instead of being promoted to Grandmaster of a House once you finish all vanilla quests, you are instead at some lower rank and don't need to fulfill as high a requirement (i.e: Skill level 70 instead of 90, with promotion to Grandmaster requiring skill level 100 instead of 90). With the old ranks renamed, additional ranks can be added to give TR space for expansion of House Questlines. Quest descriptions have to be altered as well, so for the Hortator Quest for example, some lines must be added to explain that Vvardenfell Matters concern the Vvardenfell Council Members, and as such they name you Hortator as normal without the consent of the Mainland Grandmaster. In addition, the old Grandmasters have to be demoted to Head Councilour for the Vvardenfell Region or somesuch. Miscelanious topics and lore descriptions have to be altered as well. In my mind, this would be the least work intensive form of integration, as there are no alteration to scripts or quests per se, only alterations to ingame texts.

2.) Full integration with TR Questlines. This means the following changes in addition to the ones layed out above, or superseeding the proposals: Altering the Mainquest to take place partly on the Mainland (getting your promotion to Hortator from the new Mainland-Grandmasters for example), and fully integrating House Questlines with TR content. This means that Ranks are not altered, but additional quests must be undertaken to gain ranks (namely the TR quests). This in turn requires changes to dialogue to send you to the mainland etc., and maybe even adding missions to the main quest on the mainland (investigating sixth house activity, talking to tribesmen, etc). This would more or less require a complete overhaul of vanilla questlines, as well as completed questlines for Mainland House Telvanni. The guilds, in contrast to the houses, can just be localized and not altered, so finishing the fighters guild will promote you to Master of the Vvardenfell Chapter of the fighters guild. In my mind, this seems more work intensive, albeit more immersive.

I would prefer total integration, as it gives the best immersion and offers seamless integration of vanilla and TR content, but given that it is so labour intensive, proposal one could be more attainable in the near term.

Either way, these are my thoughts on the matter. I would also like to thank all TR-Modders for their continued efforts to expand Morrowind and give it the attention that it deserves. I sincerely hope that we can someday all see a completed release, as that would be an achievement unrivaled by any other modding community.

It's been a long time.

My two cents:
Absolutely ok with TR moving the travel changes into TR_Mainland. 
Absolutely, emphatically agree with faction intergration. Whenever best fits the projects needs.

I'm thrilled to see the project become more professionally organized over the years, keep at it, keep going strong!