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.