Starting City Restriction = Bad Idea

[Etra]

Re: Starting City Restriction = Bad Idea

Well, it's Phase 3, so I can spend away my gil and not worry about it (Gets reset in Phase 4 so I get it all back) What I'm interested in is experiencing the pirate attacks and other things that I liked about in FFXI's ferry rides. I hope they do the same for airships, but maybe that's beyond the technical abilities of SE and their current system (Battles versus Garleans in the air? Sign me up!)

As far as I'm aware, there are no actual "rides." You just port from one dock to the other (for airships.)

[Aeni]

Re: Starting City Restriction = Bad Idea

As far as I'm aware, there are no actual "rides." You just port from one dock to the other (for airships.)

So it won't be like in 1.0 (the ferry rides there were about 10 minutes long, just enough to cast out your lines about 20 times ... lol) Well, that's bummers ...

[Malacite]

Re: Starting City Restriction = Bad Idea

Hmm...

Pro: No more waiting time
Con: One less unique fishing area

[Taskmage]

Re: Starting City Restriction = Bad Idea

Just to clarify, Etra was only talking about airships. There aren't likely to be pirate attacks there because there is no travel time. You may still be able to fish on the boat.

[Aeni]

Re: Starting City Restriction = Bad Idea

Hmm...

Pro: No more waiting time
Con: One less unique fishing area

Dude, you can use an airship to travel faster.

[Malacite]

Re: Starting City Restriction = Bad Idea

yes but monies/fishing

[Aeni]

Re: Starting City Restriction = Bad Idea

yes but monies/fishing

I thought you were being mean about me wanting the ferry for fishing and pirate loving. I stand corrected. Looks like we're both on the same page.

[Malacite]

Re: Starting City Restriction = Bad Idea

I do kinda miss the airship ride in FFXI - it was awesome how you could actually make out the topography if you looked hard enough - the crags in particular were neat to look at from high above.

The 5 minute wait was a drag though. Worse still was the waiting between flights - makes me remember all the times I'd be rushing out to the docks and being only a step or 2 away from boarding only for the damn thing to take off.

[Taskmage]

Re: Starting City Restriction = Bad Idea

Back then it made the world seem much larger. Time is our best measure of distance. Now that you can get anywhere in 2-3 warps, Vana'diel is a much smaller place, in spite of having many more areas. It has its pros and cons.

[Mezlo]

Re: Starting City Restriction = Bad Idea

The 5 minute wait was a drag though.

This gave me time to eat or pee... Or... a REALLY quick #2...

[Taskmage]

Re: Starting City Restriction = Bad Idea

Now you use chocoports for that instead.

[Etra]

Re: Starting City Restriction = Bad Idea

Just got banned on the XIV forum for 10 days. Here's to hoping I can still play the game this weekend and they didn't ban me there, too. Wanted to see if the situation with only marauders being in LL cleared up some.

[neenja_jenkins]

Re: Starting City Restriction = Bad Idea

I will honestly miss the ferry/airships rides very much. They made the world a tad more believable, and made the world feel a lot bigger.
I'll never forget the first time you ride one, or the first time you get attacked mid-ride. T'was fantastic.

I understand why they got rid of them, but I just wish they would have left it as an option? Like the first time you're exploring you would have to ride the ferry/airship, then after you had the aethernet crystal or whatever you could just teleport after that if you were willing to spend the gil. Then they could just give us reasons to want to ride it, such as rare fish that could only be caught from the ferry, or rare NMs that spawned or something.

Nostalgia's a cruel mistress.

[Mezlo]

Re: Starting City Restriction = Bad Idea

Just got banned on the XIV forum for 10 days. Here's to hoping I can still play the game this weekend and they didn't ban me there, too. Wanted to see if the situation with only marauders being in LL cleared up some.

Why'd you get banned?

[Taskmage]

Re: Starting City Restriction = Bad Idea

I find the chocoport to be better than XI airship rides, tbh. You get to see the actual zones go by instead of just a diorama of them from above, and if you see something interesting going on en route, like a good FATE or somebody needing an emergency cure, you have the option of jumping off.