Community Poll: Boat rides/Travel duration

I think it is fine, but i think it would be fun if you could add like a minigame you can play on the boat and off boat

 

In any case I don't think you should ignore the 42.1% who wants something to be done.
One of the many problems with democratic decisions like these.

 

Poll results do not decide what's done, they are just a guide for the staff to know what the community thinks/wants. I'm pretty sure Kimberly said this plenty of times

 

It'd be nice if the boat from Victoria Island to Orbis (and other way around) would travel 6 times an hour instead of 4. Aka decrease the delay from 15 minutes to 10 minutes. Other than that I think it's fine as it is ^-^

 

I like the idea that its in the game go give it a realistic maple feel but its way too long. Cut the ride time by 25-50% shorter and it wont hurt anything.

 

True enough, I was typing on my phone while on the bus so kinda forgot you cheeky breeky.
What I meant to say was that I hope the staff really takes into consideration the huge percentage of "Yesplschange" and not just go with a bald "No, let's keep it".
Some of the ideas in the thread would work great.

 

Can we talk about the time the actual boat leaves at? With old maple the boat would depart every 15. Meaning 15,30,45,00. And boarding would start at 10,25,40,55. With legends I feel like boarding times are at the departure time and leave 5 mins after that.

On topic. I would love shorter boat times just not too short for the Vic/orbiz route for Crog <3

 

This. I absolutely hated boat rides back in GMS and now and think they serve 0 purpose in the game, but I'm clearly in the minority. Shorter rides would be a good compromise.

 

Remember when maple brought in the perm hyper rock. It was 30$ and it was the best $ I ever spent on maple. Ohh man good times.

 

Personally, I was one of the people that thought the rides were enjoyable when you had a few people riding with you. Even though we all could have AFKed back then, a lot of people didn't. They stayed to chat with each other. That's what made them fun. My opinion is that there should just be a free/low cost instant travel method for now. Those who want to feel the nostalgia of waiting on boats can still do that if they want to. There's nothing stopping them, except their lack of self-control. If and when Legends has a larger and more active playerbase, the staff can still remove the option, but for now it seems like boat rides just make the game boring/lonely. They shouldn't have to force players to take breaks either.

As for the suggestion of making boat rides a meso sink, I'm sure there are much better options. Instant traveling would end up being a luxury only mages can afford without breaking the bank and discourages exploring. However, if the staff is willing to scale prices by job/level, that would be enough to convince me to accept it as a method of removing mesos from the server.

 

I think for mesos sinking we need to aim for mages since they are the richest characters in the game. I really think something like this, or for example selling vip tp rocks for 1 mil is a really good idea. Yet this is a completely seperate idea from shortening travel times...

 

Reducing a few minutes off the time wouldn't hurt for sure. It can be frustrating for some players to wait for the current amount of time as it is now, and while I dont think such frustration can hurt the player population, its definitely annoying still.

However, of course, this depends how frequently you travel... For me, I would be glad if it was shorter, but wouldnt be so frustrated if it stays the way it is now. I "get used" to wait on boats, and if there is one or two others with me and they're open-minded, passing the time on the boat gets easier too.

 

changing travel times and such is a very post bb change. leave it as it is.
But as Yozich suggested having the Orbis boat leave 5 - 6 times would be fine and make crogs optimal for farming scrolls ( cus you can relog if they don't spawn).
Then again Orbis boat ride is only for ppl who haven't been to leafre yet anyways.

 

ppl2pass
need this whenever one has to go to other place and grind.

 

I guess I don't care either way. I just alt-tab or go do something else when I have to go on a boat ride anyway.

But I'm absolutely against charging players different amounts of money based on their level/class. It isn't really "mages are rich" so much as it is "bishops are rich". And even then, if you don't like it, don't buy leech from them. Maybe we should charge warriors extra for safety charms in the cash shop? Or charge sins more for warrior elixirs since they receive more benefit than any other class?

It makes you feel singled out when this happens. And also, the assumptions aren't really fair and make blanket statements about individuals.

 

6 year later bump... I know the post mentioned in https://forum.maplelegends.com/inde...on-between-island-location.42776/#post-286520 was unpopular, but every time I need to travel to or away from orbis (from/to vic island) I have two options:

1. Take the ship and wait.
2. Nautilus -> ludi -> eos scroll 2x and return town -> helios elevator -> orbis scroll

The second option is faster and costs basically ~100k right now for scrolls and warp cards. I do actually do it on occasion when I really don't want to wait. What do people think about making an extra option for warp card equivalent for ellinia station to orbis for a high cost (say, a few hundred k to leave option 2 viable?)

Maybe I'm just salty that OPQ has been empty for 8 straight hours due to the event lol.

 

Lazy zoomers need fast travel smfh

 

This is just the correct route, anyone trying to save time should be avoiding that boat at all costs. Even with the shortened rides, simply FMing repeatedly to cross some maps makes this quicker.

 

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