Real Time airship rides

So since the expansion has finally arrived and "Flight" being a major component of the game, is there a possibility that they'll bring back realtime airship rides like the one from XI? I find it ridiculous that we are still porting and magically appearing from zone to zone...

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you think the playerbase that has spent the last couple days bitching about having to spend time to do anything will actually want to have a real time airship ride?

that's just another roadblock in them getting back to idling 8 hours a day at their free company house

Because...going to an from a city 20 minutes real time..(10 for the wait, 10 for departure) is so exciting.

this is already in game (sorta)

we have real time black chocobo rides. use the porter and bam done!

Lol good point..the're also the reason reason why open world dungeons aren't a thing in this game but I was just hoping that this could be a thing for those that actually want it, I mean what's the point of that huge nicely design airship in Sea of Clouds when it just lies there doing absolutely nothing..seems a waste to me, hell they can even have unique fate appearing from time to time to liven things up..

If you don't want to use it you don't have to, teleports are already a thing, this is just for those who want a little more immersion and verity in there games..

I did like the airships in WoW, but with the crystals, I don't see that getting used much here. Though we'll see what they do with the locations we unlock through the fc airships. In existing areas they'd only add to server lag.

The real-time airship and ferry rides were nothing more than a timesink. They were new and exciting the first, maybe second time. After that it was wholly unnecessary save for the occasional quest and I would like for their archaic design to main in the past where it belongs.

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Originally Posted by ElHeggunte

The real-time airship and ferry rides were nothing more than a timesink. They were new and exciting the first, maybe second time. After that it was wholly unnecessary save for the occasional quest and I would like for their archaic design to main in the past where it belongs.

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Read my above post please....

We're not allowed to have living and breathing worlds in MMOs anymore.

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Originally Posted by Klb600

Read my above post please....

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I read your OP and all of your replies and I still stand by my point. Even if it were something optional, very few people would actually use it. For those who wanted it, the novelty would wear off pretty fast when they began to recall exactly why real-time rides sucked and they would probably stop riding too. There is no real variety, fun, or excitement in running to the airship (hoping it doesn't leave right when you get there), waiting for it to depart, and then having to wait another 10-15 minutes for it to reach your destination.

You can simulate that right now: Go to a nation's airship dock, afk for 10 minutes, and then fly to the nation of your choice. Add 15+ extra minutes to simulate missing your ride and having to wait for the ship to come back.

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Originally Posted by Chek

We're not allowed to have living and breathing worlds in MMOs anymore.

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Sadly true...

Waiting on 30-45 minute boat rides was fun.

*sarcasm*

i would like 'sightseeing' tours. It could be something not meant for travel, but litterally just to enjoy the sights. See the world you're in, take a break from the rush and hustle for fifteen minutes on a leisurely airship cruise around the realm.

naiyah Nanay

It's because of people like you that MMO's are so devoid of life in the open worlds, btw you're example sucked.. Hears exactly what I'm getting at, they can add interesting events and fates to spice things up, we can play triple triad with other players hell just enjoy the scenery through the skies and if you missed a ride just simply fucking port, you act as if I'm asking them to remove teleports, when I'm just asking for another viable alternative for others who enjoy these types of things.

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Originally Posted by ElHeggunte

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You sound like you are in a hurry to get to places. Even way back in 1.0 you could always just teleport if you were in that much of a rush.

I think the era of real-time rides in the open world are over. However I would like to see them add real time rides in a quest line. You would board, ride for awhile, a boss would appear, kill the boss, then wait to arrive at destination. This has been done before, so I imagine they could do it again. It would be amazing to do on a Ishgardian airship or maybe even a Garlean train. Could you imagine fighting an enemy on the top of a moving Garlean train?

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Originally Posted by Klb600

It's because of people like you that MMO's are so devoid of life in the open worlds

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No, people like me just appreciate work put into an immersive world that doesn't wind up being a nostalgia-fueled waste of resources. I would love an open world so long as you have reason to go there more than a handful of times or don't wind up loathing having to travel to it. Something like FFXI's airships would wind up being a ghost town after the first week when the nostalgia wore off unless SE went out of their way to force you to use them.

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btw you're example sucked..

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My example is exactly what it was like dealing with the ferries and airships in FFXI. It was nothing but a lot of waiting around so that you could wait around even more on an empty instanced airship that "flew" just long enough to waste your time, but not quite long enough to get anything done. It was like playing an Airport Simulator, only without the crappy in-flight movie and impossible to open bags of peanuts.

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Hears exactly what I'm getting at, they can add interesting events and fates to spice things up, we can play triple triad with other players hell just enjoy the scenery through the skies and if you missed a ride just simply fucking port, you act as if I'm asking them to remove teleports, when I'm just asking for another viable alternative for others who enjoy these types of things.

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I have an idea. Maybe next time lay out all of your thoughts in your first post. A roaming airship that you could use for events would be nice (but not one that regularly has to dock unless you enjoy the idea of having your FATEs and TT games suddenly cut off). All of your other posts convey the want of the addition of a glorified waiting room, which is all the original airship amounted to.

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Originally Posted by Aeyis

You sound like you are in a hurry to get to places. Even way back in 1.0 you could always just teleport if you were in that much of a rush.

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There's a difference between being in a hurry and not wanting SE to go back to padding my playtime with a ton of unnecessary waiting because we have enough of that already.

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Originally Posted by Damie

I think the era of real-time rides in the open world are over. However I would like to see them add real time rides in a quest line. You would board, ride for awhile, a boss would appear, kill the boss, then wait to arrive at destination. This has been done before, so I imagine they could do it again. It would be amazing to do on a Ishgardian airship or maybe even a Garlean train. Could you imagine fighting an enemy on the top of a moving Garlean train?

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ffviii sprang into mind with both of those examples

Miss this too, loved seeing airships overhead and knowing I could ride one too (and be there, up there). Really makes the world feel living to have real transportation, imo. Also it doesn't have to be a FFXI amount, that is a common rebuttal but a false and sensational one.. WoW had something like that and it was significantly less wait time than FFXI.

Naiyah lets just agree to disagree, yes you do make some valid points, but as i said in previous post, there are people who enjoy this type of thing and theres also nothing wrong with bringing a little more life into the game.Also i doubt it would take up that much recourses, if ffxi a 2000 game can do it i think we will be fine...

Optional or not, there's still a cost to developing this idea. The team may feel at the moment that the RoI in creating Real Time Airships just doesn't exist. And it's quite easy to see why. Here are just a few problems with this idea.

There is no world map. A Faux-World Map would have to be created to travel over. Systems would have be built and tested to track your whereabouts in real time to deal with jumpers(if possible) or connection issues.

Content may have to be created for it. Because unless there is a reason to visit it, players won't. Which would prove it was just a waste of resources.

Game Design is an evolving art. Systems are being created and discarded as theories change and adjust to an ever changing player base. What worked once may not work again. Attempting to recreate a system or method of play may show that it's time has past. This is an unfortunate result of the aforementioned changing player base.

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Originally Posted by Chek

We're not allowed to have living and breathing worlds in MMOs anymore.

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http://www.gmc-uk.org/static/images/...pm_ACC_V01.jpg

Sure looks living to me. Look at all that action.

With the amount of little babies i've seen shouting *OMG I HAVE TO FIND ALL THE AETHERS TO FLY? GEEZ I'LL WALK!* Doubt it.

sounds like alot of work on squares end to add in for the small handful of people who would bother with it

I freaking love boat/airship/public transit in games (and real life!)
Gives you time to take a break and interact with other human beings for a bit.

When games have them I typically idle on them for several round trips just to pass the time waiting for queue or just dicking about in-game when I don't have enough time to really do anything meaningful. '3'

Wasn't the ferry in v1 Realtime? It was nice to have... something on a schedule like that.

I enjoyed waiting for the boat in XI. Sometimes you have to slow down. This is a game and you would think people would play it to enjoy themselves for a few hours, not to rush, rush, rush...omg hurry to endgame so we can complain there's nothing to do. Story? What story? There's a story in FFXIV?