[phunk]

Was

looking at the region map earlier today and gave it some thought. Personally, I would enjoy a long 30 to 60

minute boat ride with plenty interruption from pirates and monsters alike.

[HAcoreRD]

yes,

with Tons of high level crap on Board. So when your Fishing You see "Neo Sea Horror hits for 200 points of

damage."

Then you can start sweating

[Rfsancho]

HAcoreRD :
yes, with Tons of high level crap on Board. So when your Fishing You see "Neo Sea

Horror hits for 200 points of damage."

Then you can start sweating

Hell yea!

[Falconblade]

15,

tops.
Long enough to enjoy the sites you pass, but not too long to make it a pain in the ass.

[Mewten]

probably

as long as Selbina - Mhaura is..

but a 12 hour inflatable raft ride would be awesome!

[Icywave]

30-60

mins rides........
:no
you know you will be bored
10 mins the most w

[panupat]

I like

the idea of multiple pirates attacking. that means i can catch more gugrusaurus.
i wouldn't even mind a 12

hours ride if it means i can keep catching those.

[Vare]

15 mins

would be good. I'd like to see pirates and the like too though.

[Linny]

I'm with

you Phunk. 30+min will be excellent, but with :
1° more than 1 boat, so a boat will leave every 15

min
2° fight
But it should be a way to fo faster, than a teleport, item or others. But you must

do the long journey at least once.
As ToA is a HL extension, some things must have hard to get ^^ like the Sea

Rings

[Aladwar]

I like

the idea of a 30-60min initial boat ride -- Possibly with some story developments during the ride? Not sure, they

said there were requirements that had to be met before you could travel to the near east (duh), maybe something on

your first boat ride there will play into the mission story.

Though, Al Zhabi has an Auction House and mog

lockers, I have no doubt in my mind that it's going to become the "new jeuno" in one way or another.

[gairaiden]

SE did

say already Al Zhabi is ment to be the new jeuno considering the fact the new land is gonna double the world

map's current size

[Doyler]

Doesnt

Tenzen mention something about the cyrstal being infected by emptyness in CoP Story which could suggest there will

be another Tele-Crystal in the expansion.

[phunk]

I just

choose 30-60minutes because it takes 15 for such a short distance like Mhaura >> Selbina, so heading to the "Near"

or "Far" east shouldn't take the same amount of time. Who knows, maybe the boat goes an and faster direction.

[mortama]

hmmmmm

how long, how long.....
how long is a piece of string........How long is a strand of

spaghetti................................hmmmmmmmm illl say 17mins since i like to be awkward

[Zaft]

If it were

me i would put it at a 30 minute ride to try to incourage players to either A) Work together and get some item to

warp you there or some portal/special airship (since flying over Al Zhabi is illegal) to get you there via

missions or Work together to get the teleport spell.

Doesnt Tenzen mention something

about the cyrstal being infected by emptyness in CoP Story which could suggest there will be another Tele-Crystal

in the expansion.

thats right. emptiness doesnt just grow on trees. although if it did we wouldnt

have to go to promyvoin.....

[Sephi]

I think

there should be a type of mission/BCNM involving the boat ride ala Garrison. You go on the boat trip and

encounter wave after wave of pirates. Or something.

[Atrix]

Sephi :
I think there should be a type of mission/BCNM involving the boat ride ala Garrison. You go on

the boat trip and encounter wave after wave of pirates. Or something.

For those who would like

a long boat ride with an interesting event story related or not then I'd go with this guys idea.

For just

the boat ride its probably gonna be the same length as Mhauras if you think realistically about this. First if SE

were to vary on boat ride length this would require some planning, and extra programming/design so they could go

through with all that orrrr they could take the easy and not noticeable route and make it the same. And when you

have a company like SE producing more then just FFXI game expansions your gonna go with the easy option just to

save some time. So don't go expecting anything really different about this boat ride save new monster fights,

nms, and possibly story line events (like the boat tour they added in Promathia)

[Rfsancho]

Atrix :
For just the boat ride its probably gonna be the same length as Mhauras if you think

realistically about this. First if SE were to vary on boat ride length this would require some planning, and extra

programming/design so they could go through with all that orrrr they could take the easy and not noticeable route

and make it the same. And when you have a company like SE producing more then just FFXI game expansions your gonna

go with the easy option just to save some time. So don't go expecting anything really different about this boat

ride save new monster fights, nms, and possibly story line events (like the boat tour they added in Promathia)

If you knew anything about mapping you would realize that SE cant just make it the same boat

ride
SE designed the boat rides, the ferry rides, the manaclipper rides, and the flying ship rides to match the

continental map
Ever notice the windy tree while on the boat? or any other land structires that could resemble

a certain area? Or ever see the crags while on the flying ship, and the area around the crags looked familiar?


Yea, they would have to map and plot and time a completely different route
The route, wherever its gona go,

is gona be alot shorter. Because Mhaura and Valkurm are almost on opposite sides of the continent, and it merely

takes 17~ mins
So wehrever the boat will go, expect a very short ride matching that of the manaclipper from

Bibiki Bay to Porugongo Isle (sp?)

[Ifrit]

60min, you

crazy?

Long enough to go AFK and make a ham sandwhich.