Airship/Ferry Changes in the Future?

I heard from someone a while back that Yoshi hinted at changing the airship and ferry to be more like it was in FFXI... i.e. doing away with the cutscene, causing to have an actual travel time where people wait for the ship and then travel on it, as well as opening up the possibility to fish on the fairy (and possibly on airship with cloudfishing). Then of course we'd possibly have cool things like pirates trying to take over the ferry and things of that sort that we saw in FFXI.

I know not everyone is in favor of this but it's something I'd really like to see. I think it adds so much more immersion to the game and causes the world to feel bigger. Plus I haven't even taken an airship since the quest to unlock it... it's kind of sad :(

Can anybody confirm this at all?

If so, that makes me really excited. The trips on the boats/airships added a lot of immersion and it was awesome seeing the scenery and various landmarks go by you.

Ook. Did you know you can see the Crag of Mea from the Windurst airship, or Heavens Tower from the ferry? (And once or twice I told an lsmate who'd just made rank 5 to watch out for the Sky Horror...)

something that would be even cooler is if the sea dident count as one zone when fishing. depending on the area your in when you 1st cast your line would determine what type of fish you could catch.

and i relly hope we can fish up items at some point in time. rusty buckets and thrown away gear i miss the amusement of catching things other then kelp.

They should give us the option to obtain our own airship. Not in a usual fashion, maybe to gain access to some Sky dungeon, or something. IDK, I think it would be cool.

I might be unique in this, unless they add a way for me to skip all of that, because I wouldn't want it. I am farming more gil just so I can teleport everywhere I need to be. I hate all the zoning and waiting, just to get on an airship to do more zoning and waiting. I also only have limited windows to play, so waiting to getting to places kills my soul.

Since we have the ability to teleport around the world anyways, I say yes to this idea. Also maybe widen the price gap between teleport and taking the airship/boat. It would make me feel more like "I'm traveling in a world."

I'll just pay the 600 gil to teleport. Thanks.

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Originally Posted by Rivalda_Kreissieg

They should give us the option to obtain our own airship. Not in a usual fashion, maybe to gain access to some Sky dungeon, or something. IDK, I think it would be cool.

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I have been wanting it for ages. I remember Yoshi did mention something about it but probably won't happen for next few expansions.

so far nobody can confirm what I've heard so maybe there's nothing to it >< which renders airships pretty much useless in this game so far.

I think they should hike up the prices of Teleports, and that way people will rely more on the Chocobo porters. Its possible to go from Ul'Dah to Gridania in under 5 mins and cost about 100 gil..plus you get to look at the landscape, go make a cup of tea, or wc break as you do so! Might make people appreciate the game world more too.

I dont recall hearing about them making it like XI but what I do recall was then adding random FATE's to the airship rides. How that will work I'm not sure, but It sounds better than a boat ride just to waste time. We dont need pointless time sinks in this game and that would be one of them. just my opinion.

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Originally Posted by Zehira

I have been wanting it for ages. I remember Yoshi did mention something about it but probably won't happen for next few expansions.

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you couldn't afford what Cid charges for maintenance on those things... I know I can't

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Originally Posted by ZakarnRosewood

I dont recall hearing about them making it like XI but what I do recall was then adding random FATE's to the airship rides. How that will work I'm not sure, but It sounds better than a boat ride just to waste time. We dont need pointless time sinks in this game and that would be one of them. just my opinion.

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You could still use your teleports and bypass it all together if you wanted. But it would add things to the game that many others would enjoy such as being able to fish on the ferry, cloud fish on the airship, experience random encounters, and have more immersion in an MMO that would make it feel more like a living breathing world by having actual travel time... many people like that, and the cost of having a cheaper cost for travel (cheaper than teleports) would be the fact that it takes time to travel... I think that's pretty fair.

Yes, as Zakarn mentioned, I believe there's been talk of adding slow-travel with FATEs to the game eventually. That said, they hadn't worked out what sort of FATEs to implement, so there was no timeframe for that to actually be completed and added into the game.

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Originally Posted by Undrentide

I think they should hike up the prices of Teleports, and that way people will rely more on the Chocobo porters...

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I don't think the prices to use the teleport need to be raised any higher than they are. As it is, I've been having a ton of fun being completely scatter brained and going from area to area leveling crafting and gathering professions on random whims. The one thing that holds me back is the high price, at least for lower levels, of transportation options complicated by reports of gil acquisition actually getting MORE difficult after you complete the main story.

I really think the only change that needs to be made is to allow the choco-porters to enable you to travel to any choco-porter destination you've unlocked a route to. I.e. instead of having to speak to 2 or 3 choco porters to get from Gridania to Ul'Dah, once I've unlocked the required choco-stops along the route, I can be in Gridania and just choose Ul'Dah as a destination.

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Originally Posted by Undrentide

I think they should hike up the prices of Teleports, and that way people will rely more on the Chocobo porters. Its possible to go from Ul'Dah to Gridania in under 5 mins and cost about 100 gil..plus you get to look at the landscape, go make a cup of tea, or wc break as you do so! Might make people appreciate the game world more too.

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I already use chocoporters, they are the cheapest way to travel.

This actually sounds great to me. I doubt it would get used very much because of this new "do everything as fast as possible" community, but still..
I have to admit I haven't used the airship often because it only saves about 100 gil and takes more time than that 100gil is worth to me.
I would use it occasionally if there was an airship zone though. I imagine a lot of role players would use it just for a chat lobby.

Additional note: if there are rare mob spawns like on the Selbina ferry then I AM SO THERE!