I think another item that discourages the whole trip mechanic like in XI... It's a bloody bugger to sync everything. For YEARS, the Bastok Airship and drawbridge were in sync. Then ToAU came out and buggered it up, and after 5 attempts to fix it, they just gave up at trying to sync it. Which was funny the first few times the ship flew through the bridge, but then it just was silly. Also, there's nothing players hate more than missing a transport or ferry only to have to wait 5-7 minutes for the next one.

I like the idea of the trip, but I think if they want to do the whole experience, they'd end up putting it on a schedule which is a time sink. Another thing is that they actually did consider having a trip where you ride the airship, but the resources required to make an aerial Eorzea were considered to be too much. There was also a problem with the 1.0 ferries where it too a long time to fix the water in them.