Spawning on the ship deck

[DoubleEcho]

YES! Finally someone brought this up. I was going to post a thread on this but forgot when I went on vacation.

This was something I enjoyed immensely when taking the ferry in FFXI. Either random pirate attacks or someone fishing up a huge beastie. Make it something that drops some good loot and you'll have a reason to take the ferry over and over. Also, they could make it so that different weather effects (fog, lightning, etc) indicate when the mobs are going to spawn.

[Shikaree]

Anyone looking for specific links to addressing this can look here: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...4906#post84906 and here: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...4548#post84548

I know the topic is a repeat. But with a bunch of these complaining topics here and there I wanted to lighten the mood on the forums by coming up with a funny little story and I'd rather see some chuckles out of it instead.

[Ayerc]

Moko Grass?! Hahaha, that's kids stuff...

It's all about the Shriekshrooms... @.@

[Shikaree]

Moko Grass?! Hahaha, that's kids stuff...

It's all about the Shriekshrooms... @.@

Whoa, whoa, whoa! I'm not that crazy to possibly send myself to the mental ward!

About airships, I'm curious to how they're going to be planned out. I can't remember where I saw a post about it (cookie if anyone knows and finds what I'm talking about), but it was discussing how airships weren't going to be a black in and out zone and at the same time said something about it wasn't going to be in it's own area when traversing.

I remember taking boat rides as a lower level in FFXI, I would be afraid to walk up top if I wasn't with someone I knew that had raise. Heck I was also afraid someone would aggro something outside the start room, drag it inside, and then die and have the thing unleash hell on everyone else in that cabin room.

[Capita]

I remember taking boat rides as a lower level in FFXI, I would be afraid to walk up top if I wasn't with someone I knew that had raise.

I loved that feeling. Felt like I was a weak little traveler cowering below deck and hoping one day to become strong enough to venture out into the open and breathe in the fresh sea breeze without fear.

I also loved the feeling of being one of the earlier high levels in our AF and having the lower levels peek out of the cabin and gaze at us in awe, because they felt safer with hardened warriors around them.

Felt more immersive.

[Kaizlu]

I loved that feeling. Felt like I was a weak little traveler cowering below deck and hoping one day to become strong enough to venture out into the open and breathe in the fresh sea breeze without fear.

I also loved the feeling of being one of the earlier high levels in our AF and having the lower levels peek out of the cabin and gaze at us in awe, because they felt safer with hardened warriors around them.

Felt more immersive.

I never played XI, but that sounds awesome. Sadly, seeing how things are going right now I doubt that we'll get that feeling anytime soon in XIV.

Mobs, events, aliens, anything would make the ferry better.

[normalforce]

Yes, the ferry needs more life! Merchants selling fishing bait or the odd item. The passenger room could be a wonderful den of activity, Triple Triad, a casino, betting on which monster will spawn next on deck (for that matter, wave after wave of frenzied monsters racing across the deck, attacking anything in sight), giant sea monsters, rescuing stranded ships, pirate ships, ghost ships, or any number of interesting things they could add.

They should pack so much goodness onto the ferry that players will not want to get off, riding it back and forth just to experience and enjoy it all.

[Fated]

Because there are more important things to fix right now over a useless cosmetic change.

[normalforce]

Because there are more important things to fix right now over a useless cosmetic change.

Of course there are, everyone realizes that. But if they start thinking about this now, they can add it to the list of things to investigate after the major stuff have been added and working.

[Jennestia]

Because there are more important things to fix right now over a useless cosmetic change.

It's not a cosmetic change honestly, it's actually a system change overall.

Things to do on FFXI's Ferry:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iIRH32lIag
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4v_T...eature=related
(Along with fishing)

Things that are done with FFXI's Airships:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUsEPakmsvA
(aside just taking in scenery from city to city)

XIV's airship won't have..anything (confirmed) at initial implementation, so there are indeed important things to do first, but it's not a mere cosmetic change, the ferry is pretty...underutilized and done all around.