Real Time Airship Travel

[Millerna]

Nobody takes the airships now, if you made them wait real time to travel using them nobody would use them then.

Actually, if the airship wouldn't be just a cutscene, but an actual ride, I would stop using teleport so much and start using airships more

[Sadana]

A forced ride with cutscenes, no thanks. An area with more stuff to do? Sure! I guess it would be like a few new zones, but smaller and moving.

[Synestr]

Heh, I remember boat rides with skeleton pirates,....or fishing on that boat and hauling up a gigantosquid!! Fun those days were. That made the rides interesting, cuase it only happened everyonce in a while.

Syn

[TornadoFury]

no one has used air ships anymore since level 15 lol.

[Lexia]

I could see how some people might of not liked the 5-10min airship flights on XI, but I loved em. It really felt like you were in the world of Vanadiel as you flew over the area with really catchy music.

I agree I really like a lot of elements from XI, yea yea tell me I have my rose tinted glasses on.

[Amused]

I too miss the days of having it take time to travel from one location to another. I used to enjoy the boat rides and airship rides in FFXI. Throw in some random events that can occur during travel too to spice up the experience.

[Dyvid]

I could see how some people might of not liked the 5-10min airship flights on XI, but I loved em. It really felt like you were in the world of Vanadiel as you flew over the area with really catchy music.

The question I need to ask is how many rides till you just started going AFK on the ship?

[Moqi]

lol I actually use airships and chocobo porters all the time. If they started implementing random events during my ride, I'd start teleporting. I use them because they're cheap and I can afk (or enjoy the scenery), I don't wanna be on my toes while I'm traveling, I use them to take a break.

[LineageRazor]

I avoid teleporting whenever possible, with the exception of my free teleport. 500+ gil might not seem like a lot, but it does add up over time. That said, I think I'd be annoyed if I was forced to take a slow airship ride whenever I rode an airship - I'm definitely in favor of making this optional.

There are times I want a slow ride, to be sure. I love Chocobo Porters for this purpose. Very cheap, and riding them gives me a chance to get up, grab some food, go to the bathroom, whatever. I just wish porters were less limited in where they can go; it's annoying that a porter in, say, Southern Thanalan, can take you to another porter in SouThan or to Ul'dah, but won't take you to Drybone or Black Brush Station? And why can't the Drybone porter take you to Camp Tranquil? It's one zone away!

Porters should be able to take you to any town that you could get yourself while remaining mounted - so, basically, any town at all not on La Nocea if you're not in La Nocea, and any town in La Nocea if you are.

[Codek]

They could make the rides a full out PvP free for all area as well! Nothing greater then either dominating the ship or finding a place to hide in hopes of making it to the other side.

Side note: It's always an interesting social experiment when multiple players gather knowing the concept that if they all just sit quietly, then everyone can safely make it to the other side. And yet, there is a 99% chance that it will not work out that way by the time the boat reaches it's destination.