Travelling to Limsa are not enjoyable

[lackofwords]

As much as the FFXIV1.0 boat ride gave a sense of distance between Limsa's port to Vesper Bay, it didn't have anything particularly special on the ride itself.
You could craft on the boat, and fish I think, but there wasn't anything exclusive on the boat,... unless if you consider talking to a few NPCs as being worthy content.

Even with the instant travel for ferry and airship, the transition cutscene becomes a nuisance for some people, which is why there's the option to auto-skip cutscenes.

Point being, is they would have to design something for the ride, not just to have the ride for the sake of having it.
Though, it doesn't seem like it's coming anytime soon.

Just the general sense of exploration feels dead to me in this game.

[wannabesuperman]

Just the general sense of exploration feels dead to me in this game.

The only thing I can compare this game to is FFXI, since that's the only other MMO that I've played extensively. This game doesn't have nearly the scope that FFXI had, but it's still young. Maybe that'll change.

[BobbinT]

The only thing I can compare this game to is FFXI, since that's the only other MMO that I've played extensively. This game doesn't have nearly the scope that FFXI had, but it's still young. Maybe that'll change.

Does XI has boat ride in their early years as enjoyment or extra activities on it? Cause if that's true, then it's kinda sad that ARR didn't have this.

I don't wanna skip it. Just enjoying the view alone are good reasons enough. Why they have to take it away?

[NoloeTazier]

During Beta we learned that the Ferries were going to be instant travel. There was a thread with a large amount of Likes with the subject that since Teleport is instant and the main source of travel, why not make it so the airship and ferry rides are in real time and can enjoy the landscapes, craft, whatever...a lot of it came to people wanting to have fights/events on the Airship lol. Anyways the Devs responded one time and basically said no, this was the last time I've seen the subject discussed. I don't really see them changing it as I don't think they view it as a high, medium or even low priority. Maybe with all these Open World Content threads we could at least get the Ferry back to what it was.



r.i.p. Ferry