From my blog
I did some Q&A with Jooky
14) Will we see boats in the game at some point? And if so, How big will you make them? Could a raiding party be able to be all in the same ship?
They are planned, but a ways off. We’ll start with small rafts and canoes and then barges large enough for a small raiding party (10-20 players). Anything larger will be saved for much later when the world expands beyond the current Prelude area (the Prelude area is 40×40 km, most of which is currently covered by the deadly green mist.
Great, thanks for the information Aliksteel
I assumed it would be coming given the area is riddled with rivers and the lake.
I had heard that the coordinates were only there for beta testing and they were going to be removed for release. Was I misinformed?
I was told in IRC this is false. System will stay at least until something better is ready to put in. It would be a big misstake to remove it.
Coordinate system will stay until there is a new system that replaces it.
I'd like to see a compass of some sort.
They really should just add a map in game.. i know im new here and its probally been discussed before but having to navigate using co-ords is not the msot fun in the world and esp when the game gets a lot bigger. So what people will end up donig is writing external map applications or just a picture of the map.. so why not just have a map in game or map skills in game and be done with it
But thanks to the OP for helping out some of us new guys your guides are really helpfull