Theres a thing called anima

[Nel_Celestine]

just timed it. WITH cutscenes on both ends, The ferry is exactly 10 minutes long. Airships will more then likely be half of that.

[DNO]

<STORYTYME>For all you people who are like "YAY INSTA AIRSHIP RIDE DURP LETS DO IT TO THE FERRY" I have news flash for you. There is a thing called anima. There doesn't have to be a time paradox going on or bending reality or whatever you would call it(I know its a game a fantasy game, but there still has to be some laws of nature). If you want something instant please use the anima SE gave you, if you don't have 1-5mins to spare(just guessing how long it would take to ride the airship). This is just silly, I don't even know how you guys think. If you could enlighten me on your ways, I would be in much appreciation. THE END </STORYTYME>

Theres a thing called fun. You know its something ff14 DID NOT HAVE at the start and thats why its free to play and has hardly any subs. Waiting on a airship is not fun. if you have fun in a game waiting on an airship then do so. but do not make others do it.

Also anima is limited. this you should know.

[DNO]

As Iv stated before there wont be an option. People will always take the easier route, no matter what. How about you and I party up and you have to wait for me anyways? I then will be wasting your time not SE. People will complain to the people who do want to ride the ship and in the end those people will cave in so they have people to play with. So, maybe you should change your diapers when you still can't do anything while your waiting on us. Also really Adult Diapers? Seems like your getting kinda butt hurt over nothing as well with that shrewd comment.

then if people will take the easier route according to you then that means its the better route so SE should not even waste time building the route no one will take. so this thread should die and fast.

[Falcus]

Do it on your freetime if you wants to enjoy the scenery, since you have so much time to watch the scenery. The novelty of riding airship/boat is gone after the first time. There are alot of scenarios in FFXI which makes alot of people facepalmed because of this dumb as *** rides.

There are times when i got back late from work, people are already gathered at einherjar spot but to get there you need to ride a boat to that whatever town from whitegate and makes the other players waits even longer just for the sake of me, in the end events could get pushed 1hour behind schedule.

I am not sure where is the fun or how do i find the decency in keeping the others waiting because i wanted to enjoy the scenery, but each to their own.

I was thinking it would be nice to have just a short ride like a couple of minutes until I read this.
I completely forgot how long it could take to get to some places.
I remember spending over an hour getting from Whitegate back to Bastok >_>

I wasted about half an hour because on the second ship I got on was attacked by those skeles and some asshole kited them inside.

I hated travelling to that place, and I'm glad I never got too high tbh since I never had to put up with exploring even further to places that take even longer to get to.

[Onidemon]

<STORYTYME>For all you people who are like "YAY INSTA AIRSHIP RIDE DURP LETS DO IT TO THE FERRY" I have news flash for you. There is a thing called anima. There doesn't have to be a time paradox going on or bending reality or whatever you would call it(I know its a game a fantasy game, but there still has to be some laws of nature). If you want something instant please use the anima SE gave you, if you don't have 1-5mins to spare(just guessing how long it would take to ride the airship). This is just silly, I don't even know how you guys think. If you could enlighten me on your ways, I would be in much appreciation. THE END </STORYTYME>

The Anima regeneration rate is ridiculous.... people that play almost everyday are always out of Anima. I get the part where they don't want pple to abuse it but don't exagerate.... it needs to regenerate a bit faster or at least let us buy Anima, make it really expensive so there's no abuse but we need a solution.

[Molly_Millions]

My anima is continuously in the single digits. I welcome the instant airship rides with open arms.

[Yoohre_WildRiver]

im OK with riding the ship only if there is a chance of something happening

for example a garlean airship starts a hijacking and we must stop it, this hijacking difficulty depends on the number of players currently on the ship, this way its not to hard if there are only 2 players but not to easy if there are 15 players.

there is no need for a 5 min ride, yeah immersion you say, but after your 3rd ride im 100% sure you will be watching something on TV or youtube while the ride finishes.

[Zantetsuken]

Both are neccessary.

Anima is for casuals who won't run out of it nearly as fast.. and won't have as much gil either.
Airships are for hardcore who will be low on anima but have lots of gil - From the tone of Yoshida's comments I'm guessing airship tickets to cost 20k or more.

I think its a great system that helps reinforce FFXIV's 'all-of-the-above' approach to playstyles.

[Kiote]

This is baffling to me. How can you want to play an MMO and not want a World to explore. That is the point of the Genre. A massive world that you can literally get lost in. Your not supposed to be able to teleport every where. The societies are supposed to have functioning mechanics. How is being able to hop from town to town in seconds in any way fun? It just makes the game even more pathetically simple than it already was.

This game takes place in an era in which the skies are littered with enemy war ships. How can it be even remotely possible to have a blind casual ride to the next town without some fear of attack? It doesn't make sense, it detracts from the worlds immersion , and it's incredibly lazy. We already have instant transportation. No other MMO ever made has ever catered so much to the lazy people who can put in five minutes to walk to where they need to be.

The whole concept of instant Airship is pathetic.

[Isaveron]

Once the novelty wears off, people will just want to get to their location as quickly as possible. I know a few weeks after my first airship ride in XI, I would just afk until the ride was over.