Elevators in 2.0

**Senuska** · 05-17-2012 04:11 PM

Originally Posted by Alhanelem

Not possible for any of the elevators currently in the game because they take you to new areas. the elevators that exist in FFXI don't do that.

Also, the cutscene method means you never have to wait for the elevator to come before you can use it.

In Limsa there is an elevator from the Adventurer's Guild to the Chocobo Stables, which can be reached by also walking down some stairs with no loading screen. I had this particular elevator in mind when I brought up the topic.

**Zyph** · 05-17-2012 05:07 PM

Originally Posted by Senuska

In Limsa there is an elevator from the Adventurer's Guild to the Chocobo Stables, which can be reached by also walking down some stairs with no loading screen. I had this particular elevator in mind when I brought up the topic.

Yeah but you have to run. Didn't you hear? Players these days want teleportation to all content and instant gratification.

**Raymeo** · 05-17-2012 06:44 PM

Originally Posted by REDace0

Y'know, there's really no reason we can't have a legitimate, realistic elevator. There's a targetable lever you activate to call it. You wait for it. You get on it (likely with other players), you interact with several targetable objects or a single object with a menu to select a floor, and then it behaves the way elevators normally behave.

Bonus points if there's distinct elevator music!

In other words you want to choose a floor from a menu, exactly like you do now... except you want to stare at the door as you're force to wait for a while first?

Whyyyyyy-

Why don't you just do that now? You can use your imagination and wait a bit before clicking on the elevator, and let those of us who don't want to waste our time continue using it whenever we want to.

**Mushy** · 05-17-2012 07:28 PM

Originally Posted by Daku_Naito

Then a pulley system could be used no problem.

You might have misunderstood me. I was saying that it would be nice to either talk to the npc and pay, then have the gate just open, and not have to see a cutscene. As far as the autocharge idea, I meant just having a open gate and as you ran through it would charge you. That may be a little less interactive then people want though. Also, it wouldn't charge you every single time you ran through, it would be a pay then you could ran through as many times as you want until the airship shows up.

But then where do you select which city you are traveling to? Like the Airship could have that city states banner draped on its sides, and you get on the ship of your choice, though that could be confusing to new players who don't know which flag belongs to who

**Zyph** · 05-17-2012 07:34 PM

Originally Posted by Mushy

though that could be confusing to new players who don't know which flag belongs to who

Heaven forbid they learn something or have a wild adventure caused by trial and error. We can't let players have stories to tell friends, now can we.

**Mushy** · 05-17-2012 07:40 PM

Originally Posted by Zyph

Yeah but you have to run. Didn't you hear? Players these days want teleportation to all content and instant gratification.

Yeah I still don't care for those inner-city teleporters. laziness! I still haven't purchased them though because I know I would then resort to using them(plus I cannot afford them either through seals nor cash.) Do they require anima? I don't even know if they do then good!

I really hope those are gone in 2.0 if cities get redesigned. Though I wouldn't mind if chocobos could be used in cities... Is there some sort of law(in the lore even) that outlaws chocoboing in the city? Actually scratch that idea then we would have goobues in town - and we saw how that turned out in ulduh...

**Mushy** · 05-17-2012 07:44 PM

Originally Posted by Zyph

Heaven forbid they learn something or have a wild adventure caused by trial and error. We can't let players have stories to tell friends, now can we.

Landing in the wrong place, just to have to pay again to go to the right place. LET THE WILD ADVENTURES BEGIN! and the only stories you will be hearing is about wasting their money, and people posting on forums saying fix it. THE SYSTEM IN PLACE IS FINE NOW! jesus everything is an argument on here

**TenraiNagi** · 05-17-2012 08:35 PM

Interesting topic!

Well since the maximum we have now is 3 floors, why are supposed to have only one elevator?
How about 2 or 3 next to each other (don't have to be same size as they're now) that move through floors simultaneously. You go to the elevators, you get in the one that is in your floor atm, every 5seconds or so the elevator moves to the next floor. That way maximum wait time is 10 seconds, and there is always one available. No cs or whatever... (I don't really mind what we have now though since I just skip the cs anyways

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**KiriA500** · 05-17-2012 08:41 PM

Originally Posted by Delsus

I think something like on White Knight Chronicles would work well in this game, in that a lift was a platform, but you had to select a lever and pull it to call the lift, then you would get on and select a seperate lever on the lift to move between floors without a cutscene.

This looks a lot better than the Bastok style always moving ones, and seems a lot more realistic than what we have now.

If they take anything from White Knight Chronicles, it better be the city of Greede. Holy crap, what I wouldn't give to have a city like that in this game...

That music too...holy balls! <3

**Senuska** · 05-18-2012 02:56 AM

An idea that might work for areas that a player needs to zone into would be to have an NPC inside the elevator (like in the 1920s). That way if you want to go to the airship area you need only talk to them and confirm/deny if you want to go.

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