Translations (JP to English)

[Jinko]

Huh? They are making changes to the boat/ship dock since right now you have to open up the main menu to get in rather than talking to NPC like how the air ship works.... so you would be running up to talk to the NPC to get on-board, right now for the boat/ship (water) if you talk to the NPC they wont let you in.

Yea I know that but it still makes no sense, it should work like Buburimu ferry in FF11, run up to the dock talk to NPC buy a ticket and get onboard.

I'm sure originally we could target the gate at the ferry dock.

Im guessing they plan to have a fee for using the boat at some point which would explain the addition of the NPC.

[Firon]

Yea I know that but it still makes no sense, it should work like Buburimu ferry in FF11, run up to the dock talk to NPC buy a ticket and get onboard.

I'm sure originally we could target the gate at the ferry dock.

Im guessing they plan to have a fee for using the boat at some point which would explain the addition of the NPC.

I think what Rien is talking is that when you walk up to the docks you have to open the menu to use the gate. In fact they are gonna make it like FF 11 where you have to talk to an npc to get in/leave the boarding area.

[Jinko]

I think what Rien is talking is that when you walk up to the docks you have to open the menu to use the gate. In fact they are gonna make it like FF 11 where you have to talk to an npc to get in/leave the boarding area.

I get that and this is what I have a problem with because it serves no purpose to have that step other than to annoy people.

There are easier ways to get people to pay for transportation than having an annoying gate/counter, for example just an NPC standing by the boarding platform.

[Soukyuu]

I get that and this is what I have a problem with because it serves no purpose to have that step other than to annoy people.

There are easier ways to get people to pay for transportation than having an annoying gate/counter, for example just an NPC standing by the boarding platform.

How is an NPC standing by the ferry different from an NPC standing near the ferry counter?

[Jinko]

How is an NPC standing by the ferry different from an NPC standing near the ferry counter?

It's pretty obvious, there is no gate stopping you getting in and no load between going from one side of the gate to the other.

It's the same deal with the lift to the airship dock, I hope in 2.0 they at least have uldah and limsa airship dock like Gridania's.

[Soukyuu]

It's pretty obvious, there is no gate stopping you getting in and no load between going from one side of the gate to the other.

It's the same deal with the lift to the airship dock, I hope in 2.0 they at least have uldah and limsa airship dock like Gridania's.

It was not obvious at all from the way you formulated your post. The problem is not the NPC positioning, but the way the game handles teleports. We can only hope the new engine will be able to move a character from one point of a map to another without requiring a complete reload. Or they could just make the gate open, which they don't for some obscure reason.

Anyway, let's stop discussing it here before the "don't post here"-army makes their appearance again.

@Reinhart: Thank you for all the work translating those posts for us!

[Felis]

Or they could just make the gate open, which they don't for some obscure reason.

The reason is not obscure. The gate is a checkpoint between the normal area and the area where you get automatic teleport to the ferry as soon as the ferry arrive.