The maximum amount of time you can wait for the Orbis boats are 25 minutes, in the situation that you had just missed the departure. 10 minutes for the other ship to arrive, 5 minutes before departure, and another 10 minutes to arrive at your destination. This is worst case scenario amount of time waiting.
Regardless, yeah it is quite a bit of time to wait. I was simply clarifying how the ship schedules work and the most amount of time possible that could be waited. Could everyone please stop getting their panties in a bunch?
Guess we might as well all vac hack then because waiting for monsters to respawn is a waste of time I just love the irony of labeling certain aspects of this game as a waste of time when this game in its entirety is a waste of time lmao
Boat leaves ellinia/orbis every 15 minutes. It's 5 minutes waiting, and 10 minutes traveling. Orbis to Ludibrium, Leafre and Ariant is 10 minutes.
hmmm regarding the boats, would it be possible to add a timer/clock that shows the amount of time till departure/arrival something I always hated about waiting for the boats was not knowing exactly when it'll arrive and stuff
That's not a bad idea. I always kind of knew based on the clock at the station, but I was already at the station by the time I knew, so I kind of just felt inclined to wait. What if we had like a Pocket-Watch ETC item that when we double clicked on it, it'd tell us the current status of all ships, whether they're boarding or have not yet arrived, and gives us the time remaining for each of those states? This way, if we see that the ship is not at the station yet, we can occupy ourselves with whatever else we've been meaning to do instead of going to the station and waiting until the ship is ready.
Tbh I think only maybe 1% of players with 4th job characters will take the damn boat. The time wasted waiting for the boat and during the travel can be used to kill some monsters instead, and the eqs and mesos drop from them are more than enough to cover a teleport rock price. Maybe even a profit. I know I won't be using the boat when it's back.
Even without mandatory travels everybody used to prefer rocks. Specially when you're at elnath to go to orbis/most places.
I would love to have the option to ride boats/trains but making it mandatory... just why... and if there are great reasons for it becoming mandatory why even implement fast travel passes to bypass it in the first place. If it's for meso/nx sink, there are tons of ways of achieving that without pissing off 90% of the player base
I'm quite sure it's to transition between the change. Matt did say that the NX passes were "Temporary", which I am lead to believe it means that they are only available for a limited amount of time. Instant change, no matter what kind makes people extra salty. :0
Add Boats but also add Perm tele Rocks. Add Anvils forsure! Those are fun and opens up tons of creativity. Update 4th Job Skill looks if possible! The newer purple versions are so much nicer.
You, Matt and a very small handful of players are the only ones who wants this mandatory boat ride change. So yea, most of us are salty about this upcoming change.
