Anima Regeneration

What do you think about the current anima regeneration system?

For context, we currently get anima back at a rate of 1 anima for every 4 hours of real-life time. It would therefore take 16 and a half days to regenerate your anima supply from 0 to 100.

That seems rather prohibitive. I wonder if other options have been discussed, such as:

1. An accelerating system that increases the rate of anima regeneration based on the length of time anima is not used. For example, for the first 24 hours anima regenerates at a rate of 1 per 4 hours. If anima still hasn't been used, then the rate increases to 1 every 3 hours. After the next 24 hours, if anima still hasn't been used, it then regenerates at 1 anima every 2 hours, and finally after a further 24 hour period, at 1 anima every hour.

As soon as anima is used, this cycle is reset and the 4 hour period for 1 anima starts again. Under such a system, you would replenish anima from 0 to 100 in 6 days, assuming you never use anima over that period.

2. Abolishing anima entirely, and making teleportation a CNJ specific skill with a set cool-down period (say 15 or 20 minutes). General teleportation to crystals would still be dependent on first arriving at the crystal, and would be a spell learned at say level 20, while teleportation to specific cities/capitals would be their own specific spell learned at a later level, like 30 or 36.

Any other thoughts?

Fine as is.

Although I do like your first option. I don't think SE wants to track all that info though.

We have chocobos and airships, increased Regen isn't needed. Making it a spell just makes everyone level that class to get it. Just leave it, it is fine where it is.

fine as is, as well

Before Airships and Chocobos I would agree it was prohibitive at 6 per day. But with the new transportation. It seems fairly good to me.

Anima is fine with me. Before I was constantly tapped but now that we have more travel options I actually have some to go around and save time when I need to. Looking at your level, you might not have joined a Company/gotten a personal chocobo (if you have, I apologize). Once you get it your playstyle will change dramatically and getting everywhere becomes incredibly quick.

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Originally Posted by RemVye

Fine as is.

Although I do like your first option. I don't think SE wants to track all that info though.

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As proven with XI census data, they would actually keep track (if they don't already) of this type of data since it's just serverside data they can easily pull up. In terms of implementation, just a simple algorithm has to be made.

Chocobo runs you from Ul'dah to Gridania in 20 minutes. I'd say you should be using that more often.

Edit: Although I do like that first option as well.

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Originally Posted by Vyncent

What do you think about the current anima regeneration system?

For context, we currently get anima back at a rate of 1 anima for every 4 hours of real-life time. It would therefore take 16 and a half days to regenerate your anima supply from 0 to 100.

That seems rather prohibitive. I wonder if other options have been discussed, such as:

1. An accelerating system that increases the rate of anima regeneration based on the length of time anima is not used. For example, for the first 24 hours anima regenerates at a rate of 1 per 4 hours. If anima still hasn't been used, then the rate increases to 1 every 3 hours. After the next 24 hours, if anima still hasn't been used, it then regenerates at 1 anima every 2 hours, and finally after a further 24 hour period, at 1 anima every hour.

As soon as anima is used, this cycle is reset and the 4 hour period for 1 anima starts again. Under such a system, you would replenish anima from 0 to 100 in 6 days, assuming you never use anima over that period.

2. Abolishing anima entirely, and making teleportation a CNJ specific skill with a set cool-down period (say 15 or 20 minutes). General teleportation to crystals would still be dependent on first arriving at the crystal, and would be a spell learned at say level 20, while teleportation to specific cities/capitals would be their own specific spell learned at a later level, like 30 or 36.

Any other thoughts?

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I've just found a third solution: Skyrim. By the time I'm done with that, I'll be back at 100 anima!

LOL, that works!

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Originally Posted by Vyncent

That seems rather prohibitive. I wonder if other options have been discussed, such as: WALKING

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It's amazing how incredibally lazy players who can burn through 100 anima in short order are. With the introduction of Chocobos and airships there should be little to no reason to have 0 anima unless you are against walking...anywhere.

Auto run would be cool :D

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Originally Posted by Jynx

It's amazing how incredibally lazy players who can burn through 100 anima in short order are. With the introduction of Chocobos and airships there should be little to no reason to have 0 anima unless you are against walking...anywhere.

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An interesting point. I suspect the tedium I experience while walking will be resolved with 2.0 and the newly designed areas. Right now, I cannot fathom how anybody could find running through the copy-paste maze that is the Black Forest could be classified as entertaining by any means.

The more I think about your post, the more I realize I'm simply asking for a way to skip the existing monotony. In all seriousness, thank you for your comment. I'll think on this further.

I don't think that there's really a need to change or accelerate the rate of regeneration. The personal horsebirds (khew!) are quite fast and transport between cities is not that expensive.

I say take all the system out, and only allow warp from crystals to its own region only. So from Uldah you would be able to warp to all the camps in that region and between them. But no to Limsa so having an airship would make actual sense, or a chocobo.

I think Anima should be given as quest rewards. Also, the requirement to have at least 1 Anima to use a teleport offer needs to be removed.

The system is fine. please disregard this SE

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Originally Posted by Vyncent

I've just found a third solution: Skyrim. By the time I'm done with that, I'll be back at 100 anima!

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Lol this. Its fun isn't it?

I wouldn't mind a gil-for-anima service, have one of the guilds in charge of replenishing it for you. 1k gil replenishes 1 anima point. 2k for the next. 4k for the next and so forth. Each successive point just gets more expensive. Then, every X hours or so it gets reset and the price drops back down to 1k.

They can create some excuse that forcing anima a body is a dangerous affair and require increasingly more complex rituals and exotic components the more you try to infuse yourself with it lest you want to explode.

I don't have an issue with Anima regeneration as much as Guardian Aspect/Favor points. Doing leves WITH guardian aspect and with OUT is like apples and oranges. Perhaps this is something they could do with Guild Points in the future? Allow players to Purchase Anima and Guardian Aspect points with Guild currency.

Also I think we could solve this whole problem by placing the Leve NPC's at the camp's where the leve is completed rather than the Adventurers guild. Just save's travel.

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Originally Posted by Jynx

It's amazing how incredibally lazy players who can burn through 100 anima in short order are. With the introduction of Chocobos and airships there should be little to no reason to have 0 anima unless you are against walking...anywhere.

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Ok I am not complaining about Anima Regeneration but I don't think your statement is fair. Take for instance high level Gathering classes who wish to grind Leves. We can only pick TWO leves at a time, and chances are we will burn through those TWO leves in 10 minutes or less. So you mine for cobalt out in Iron Lake...Return to Limsa Lominsa...take TWO more leves...and then chocobo all the way out to Iron Lake? Sure that is not terribly far...but to repeat this every 10 minutes? Using anima is the only way to QUICKLY grind EXP in this fashion. (Same goes if you choose to Leve grind in Treespeak)

Granted Haltali is close to Ul'dah and not nearly as long to ride to as Treespeak and Iron Lake...but my point is its not so much being lazy as it's not wishing to ride back and forth between Iron Lake/Treespeak every 5-10 minutes.

Player should be allowed to dump gil on NPCs to buy Anima and Guardian's Favor. This would solve two problems. The economy would lose excess gil and players would be able to burn Anima/Favor as they see fit. SE should have implemented this by now.

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Originally Posted by Hayden

Ok I am not complaining about Anima Regeneration but I don't think your statement is fair. Take for instance high level Gathering classes who wish to grind Leves. We can only pick TWO leves at a time, and chances are we will burn through those TWO leves in 10 minutes or less. So you mine for cobalt out in Iron Lake...Return to Limsa Lominsa...take TWO more leves...and then chocobo all the way out to Iron Lake? Sure that is not terribly far...but to repeat this every 10 minutes? Using anima is the only way to QUICKLY grind EXP in this fashion. (Same goes if you choose to Leve grind in Treespeak)

Granted Haltali is close to Ul'dah and not nearly as long to ride to as Treespeak and Iron Lake...but my point is its not so much being lazy as it's not wishing to ride back and forth between Iron Lake/Treespeak every 5-10 minutes.

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So what you need is more leves for gatherers instead of increased anima.

Imo remove anima alltogheter, make warping to Aeryths only avaible from cities/other crystals and have it cost a sum of gil which, the cost would be higher the further the Aeryth is from your current location, and like with the airships have it scale with level.

The game could use another gil sink for sure and I for one find the current teleport system is very silly and out of hand, give mage classes access to teleportation and player summining spells instead.

This system we have now punishes casual players and hardcore alike, for example the weeks I cant play my anima sits at 100 getting wasted, and when I do play the anima always runs out and refills way to slow, having ports to camps costing gil solves alot of issues this present system has.

One thing some people seem to forget is some people don't have hours and hours to play at a time so they cant run or chocobo everywhere, some people (like myself) can only manage 1-2 hours every few days and atm I am lvling Botanist so I teleport to alot of places so I can actually get things done.

I do like the idea that was mentioned about the longer you dont use anmia the faster it regens, that could be a good idea.

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Originally Posted by Choyi

Imo remove anima alltogheter, make warping to Aeryths only avaible from cities/other crystals and have it cost a sum of gil which, the cost would be higher the further the Aeryth is from your current location, and like with the airships have it scale with level.

The game could use another gil sink for sure and I for one find the current teleport system is very silly and out of hand, give mage classes access to teleportation and player summining spells instead.

This system we have now punishes casual players and hardcore alike, for example the weeks I cant play my anima sits at 100 getting wasted, and when I do play the anima always runs out and refills way to slow, having ports to camps costing gil solves alot of issues this present system has.

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Are people not shouting/selling teleports anymore? I remember a few players that were doing that. I hasn't seen it in a little while, though.

I still find myself tapping out on anima even with airships and choco's. I know SE prolly wouldn't doulble the rate which would be nice. so maybe 1 anima every 3 hrs?

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Originally Posted by leomike35

Lol this. Its fun isn't it?

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Tons. Even with fast travel. Imagine that.

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Originally Posted by Hayden

Granted Haltali is close to Ul'dah and not nearly as long to ride to as Treespeak and Iron Lake...but my point is its not so much being lazy as it's not wishing to ride back and forth between Iron Lake/Treespeak every 5-10 minutes.

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Ok...set them to your favorite and you spend...3 anima per trip.

Use the return function to get back to Limsa/Grid/Uldah Using 3 anima per 2 leves isn't a terrible exchange it's not the best but it costs you because of the convenience of it. If your using that much anima using this method your obviously not too strapped for time and can afford to run with your yellow friend for a few minutes.

If all else fails you can always grind the old fashioned way before lev allotments...on Grade 5 nodes.

Spend soon-to-be-useless Guild Marks on Anima and/or Guardians Favor?