New interview from JP 4gamer site

[Elexia]

Given the context of "no map" it reads as it won't be a "zone" type of deal in it's initial implementation, which FFXI's airships was a semi-instanced map. More than likely given how the ferry in XIV currently is pretty badly designed they probably decided against it at the start and will flesh it out more down the line.

Kind of like how in FFIX you take the transport around Lindblum and it's nothing more than a quick transport without seeing said transition. It's just when you translate it the context is hard to fully to hard and in the letter it'll likely be more explained.

[giftforce]

Given the context of "no map" it reads as it won't be a "zone" type of deal in it's initial implementation, which FFXI's airships was a semi-instanced map. More than likely given how the ferry in XIV currently is pretty badly designed they probably decided against it at the start and will flesh it out more down the line.

Kind of like how in FFIX you take the transport around Lindblum and it's nothing more than a quick transport without seeing said transition. It's just when you translate it the context is hard to fully to hard and in the letter it'll likely be more explained.

最後に3国の飛空挺移動（実MAP上を飛行するシステムではないです）はMAP大改修前になんとかします！
パッチ1.19に間に合うよう、頑張りますので、今しばらくお待ちください！

My japanese is crap but I feel like what that is saying is that the Airship will not fly over the "actual map". In other words, it will not be part of the map that players play in. Meaning it will be its own instance.

It will probably be exactly like FFXI and/or the boat to Limsa.

[Starlord]

最後に3国の飛空挺移動（実MAP上を飛行するシステムではないです）はMAP大改修前になんとかします！
パッチ1.19に間に合うよう、頑張りますので、今しばらくお待ちください！

My japanese is crap but I feel like what that is saying is that the Airship will not fly over the "actual map". In other words, it will not be part of the map that players play in. Meaning it will be its own instance.

It will probably be exactly like FFXI and/or the boat to Limsa.

Exactly as I was thinking

And also play something like this " at least for me :P" and I will be happy sitting on the Airship as I fly to Limsa!

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61L3H_xZaGs

[Elexia]

最後に3国の飛空挺移動（実MAP上を飛行するシステムではないです）はMAP大改修前になんとかします！
パッチ1.19に間に合うよう、頑張りますので、今しばらくお待ちください！

My japanese is crap but I feel like what that is saying is that the Airship will not fly over the "actual map". In other words, it will not be part of the map that players play in. Meaning it will be its own instance.

It will probably be exactly like FFXI and/or the boat to Limsa.

Which is exactly what XI's airship does, as while it's a part of it's own map, it's also a part of the map where it's route goes through, e.g if you're enroute to Jeuno from bastok you can see it fly pass Rolanberry Fields if you're standing near Jeuno and if you're enroute from Sandy you can see it flying past Batallia and so on. Given the fact the world is "seamless" it more than likely won't be in that design. So it still won't be exactly the same, since even though it's a small thing, it's just more world atmosphere that won't be present in initial implementation.

Which is why I said it will likely be more explained, but the general context seems that it will be "lifeless" at the start like the ferry is or like how IX's aircab's were.

[Drogyn]

最後に3国の飛空挺移動（実MAP上を飛行するシステムではないです）はMAP大改修前になんとかします！
パッチ1.19に間に合うよう、頑張りますので、今しばらくお待ちください！

My japanese is crap but I feel like what that is saying is that the Airship will not fly over the "actual map". In other words, it will not be part of the map that players play in. Meaning it will be its own instance.

It will probably be exactly like FFXI and/or the boat to Limsa.

I swear I can see a Taru up there on the airship flipping me off as Im running from Bloodshore to Limsa...

[Corrderio]

Given the context of "no map" it reads as it won't be a "zone" type of deal in it's initial implementation, which FFXI's airships was a semi-instanced map. More than likely given how the ferry in XIV currently is pretty badly designed they probably decided against it at the start and will flesh it out more down the line.

Kind of like how in FFIX you take the transport around Lindblum and it's nothing more than a quick transport without seeing said transition. It's just when you translate it the context is hard to fully to hard and in the letter it'll likely be more explained.

Oh how I wish they'd do this. Riding and waiting on a boat/airship is beyond boring.