Quote Originally Posted by Dyvid View Post
The only way to get people to want to ride in boats and airship is adding some kind of content to them.
FFXI had pirates. Maybe XIV could have airship pirates. It could be like a FATE, basically. Maybe have a token for getting gold that you can buy fancy air pirate clothes with. Or make it a silly "just for fun" fight like Battle on the Big Bridge.

And since there's no airship schedule to adhere to, you could just have people pick an option when they board if they just want to be automatically teleported to the destination or go to the airship ride. Not that anyone has ridden an airship in 7 months.