Basic travel- I'm trying to get a handle on travel in Albion. Say I want to visit a specific black zone for example. My understanding is I would go to royal city with closest royal city portal to area- then thru portal and over land in that direction? Also- If I joined a guild, is there a quick way to get to guild territory or the same as I asked above?
I'm not sure if there's anything I'm missing like avalon roads etc. Most of this game mechanics are fairly convoluted and poorly explained with few written guides or non 5-7 year old search results.
Most of the time the way you described will be the best option. Roads of Avalon can have connections that are quicker and safer but they need to be explored first and the network shifts a lot so you may only have a short time frame in which you can use it.
You can set home in a hideout/headquarter and then quick travel there naked. That's what most guilds use and then they just regularly transport gear in and out.