New interview from JP 4gamer site

[Ark_mage2]

He think he's saying they're not the type similar to the older FFs, more like X and XII's airships where you see the map and not actually fly over the map.

That makes sense. I guess I took it a little too literally.

[Munba]

To adjust this it requires the following two features - “Not lowering Uldah’s convenience, but increasing the other 2 countries convenience”, “Giving more specifics (contents, guild adjustment) to each countries”

Awesome news. Casino in uldah? (ok, this is still more convenience in uldah lol) Music hall in gridania? A new 'entertainment' place in limsa? Looking forward to see this.

And always good to hear, again, about something concrete to remodel maps.

[Kailok]

I'd be happy if a Casino showed up, though it's not exactly on a priority list for me. However, if that Casino had Triple Triad in it, then it would become a priority for me >_>

[Kiara]

Thanks again Reinheart for your valuable efforts.

The new post by Yoshida-san is great news.

[Darkshade]

Thanks for the translation. Interesting read.

[Xenor]

I always thought there was two kinds of airship in this game. Airships that fly between each city and Ishgard and then regional airships that fly between the city state to places like Treespeak and Skull Valley. But maybe there will be airships between city states too. However that would create five different destinations per city state which sounds high.

[Reaux]

...is that really in there? I will be greatly amused...because it's true >_>

Not really. The Japanese have a LONG history of getting exclusive information and products that never make it anywhere else. I don't see why it's so difficult to wait for a proper translation and releasing the information simultaneously....oh wait, there isn't anything difficult about it. They just choose the give them the information first as they still believe they are the more important demographic.

People just need to admit the the Japanese are racist and Xenophobic and the gaming industry, japanese, reinforces/proves that with things as simple as press release on websites, which can easily all be updated at once at the same time. We don't even have to get into console features and exclusives *cough Wii dvd patch cough*

[Holland]

Well the airship dock in Gridania is accessible right now, below the Adventurers guild, the npc just say the airships are in test flights or something like that, I would guess the airship in LL would share the same entrance as the ferry, I have no idea where in Uldah the airship would land, maybe in the inaccessible upper floors?

For how he worded the airship inclusion, it seems to be some sort of placeholder in the mean time, to lower the stress on anima, and then fleshing it out more as time goes by and it becomes a priority in the aesthetic part of it.

Edit: also, have airship flights to those platforms we see all over the map would be nice too. Lets see how much can they add on 1.19, remember Yoshi did not say anything concrete on that, and it was a big maybe.

And to be honest. I would be ok with an airship route a la FFX or FFXII as much as XI style. Although the time you spent on the airship in XI was sometimes the chance to go afk, I would not like to spend unnecessary time during the flight. As it is, the ferry takes way too long, it feels longer since nothing happens and if airship will be first introduced like that, I would rather have it instant like X with a little CS of the airship departing and arriving.

[Xenor]

The LL airship dock is above the adventure's guild, that windy path and elevator have more floors than you can access. The Ul'dah airship dock is also on an inaccessible upper floor. That one is easier to spot when you see that set of steps you get blocked from, plus the elevator will go there.

[Zenaku]

Yoshi-p said it a big patch in size in how much you need to download not how big it is lol.