Quote Originally Posted by giftforce View Post
It is what will happen.

Yoshi said so, but everyone chooses to imagine something better, setting themselves up for disappointment.
Again you instigate something that is entirely untrue. He didn't say exactly how the system would work. This is the exact quote:

Quote Originally Posted by Yoshida
引き続き活発なディスカッションありがとうございます。
飛空艇についてはご期待も色々あると思いますが、まずは移動問題解消を優先し、
実装コストを考えて、専用MAPがあって長時間の空の旅をお楽しみ頂く…というような仕様にはなりません。
突発的に発生するイベントなりが存在しないと、あまり面白くはないだろうと思っているからです。
いずれ拡張はしていきますが、まずは移動対応を優先、とお考えください（演出はつけます＾＾；）。
Thanks for continuing the discussion on this topic.
Regarding the airship, I understand everyone has different expectations but for now want to resolve the traveling issue first and looking at cost, it wont be where it has it's own map and long time to enjoy the adventure in the skies.
I think it would be more interesting if it had events that suddenly happens and stuff.
Please think of this as something to make traveling easier for now; in time we will add more/upgrade to this (Will add effect/animation^^; ).
1. Airship Travel will not take a long time - does not mean it's zone in/zone out
2. Airship Travel will not have its own map, meaning it wont be instanced like XI was - does not mean it's zone in/zone out
3. He wants random airship events which would be impossible if it was just "zone in/zone out"
4. They are adding effect/animations down the line probably entering the airship animation like when you get on a boat - does not mean zone in/zone out

If they are more focused on other priorities like, oh I dunno, reformatting the entire battle system, adding dungeons, working on new jobs and a whole handful of other things then having it pushed back to 1.19 is not so far fetched. I'd honestly love to know when you became the best game designer in the known universe. Maybe you should go work for SQEX and speed up their process all knowing master. /kneel