I will mark the title of this post ongoing as long as I'm working, then change it once the mechanics are in.
At the moment, we have a patchwork of coaches and some more distant clans have special clan coaches to take them to the center of the map. Then there's the clan coach system which is from inside cities, which is something we don't find desirable as tracks outside at least hint at activity. It's also that everyone and their dog wants a coach to FD, making the system relatively pointless.
So, the coach system is going to be overhauled, today, starting with the mechanics. The scenery messages will be updated at leisure.
Imagine a wheel, if you will, with spokes radiating out. That is going to be the coach system, with the hub centered between Whitebridge, Four Kings and Lugard. Some outlying places will connect to Tarendrelle and Caemlyn.
Everyone will be able to hop on a coach outside their city gate and hop to the center of the map. Then, after moving a shorter or slightly longer distance, hop on another coach to anywhere else, Fal Dara included. That means everyone has equal access to the center of the map and Fal Dara. It also means Fal Darans have a lazy way to go to the center of the map and join group activities not centered around pk.
There will also be some cosmetic/ convenience changes, like signs in the rooms to determine where the coach goes, without relying on (slow) mobol.
I will be working on the mechanics today and update as each section is functional:
e Lug <> Tear - functional
n Lug <> FD - functional
s Lug <> Illian - functional
w Lug <> Amador - functional
w WB <> BE - functional
e WB <> Chachin - functional
n WB <> Maradon - functional
w 4k <> EF - functional
e 4k <> Legion - functional
n 4k <> Tanchico - functional
s 4k <> Mayene - functional
n Caem <> TV - functional
e Caem <> Cair - functional
s Caem <> Spine sted - functional
w Caem <> Great Forest - functional
Tarendrelle <> Logger Camp area - functional
Note: Maradon <> FD coach is untouched, because that would double the amount of effort Sal Cav has to put in to get to Fal Dara.
Decommissioned:
WH <> FD
EF <> Amador
Tanchico <> Amador
Mayene <> Lugard
Baerlon <> Sidona
Tar Valon <> Cairhien
Katar <> Irinjavar
Illian <> Amador
Civil Watch coach
Forester coach
Possibly more.
All footmen for clan coaches.