Anima Currency

Ok, so, anima is kinda turning into a type of currency with the implementation of hamlet. So I was wondering if we could trade in anima for GCS. Or even instead of GCS for sanction we have to spend anima on sanction. I think if they turned anima into a currency it would make for a very interesting system. It would also add choice, do I sacrifice my anima to get this(whatever this is) or save it for teleporting.

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Um they are not turning anima into currency since you can't buy anything with anima.... you can buy anima but that doesn't make it a currency, it makes it a product.

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Originally Posted by Chardrizard

Um they are not turning anima into currency since you can't buy anything with anima.... you can buy anima but that doesn't make it a currency, it makes it a product.

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I was saying turning it into a type of currency.... nvm

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Originally Posted by Rokien

Ok, so, anima is kinda turning into a type of currency with the implementation of hamlet.

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Bold for emphasis, you know what Rokien. Maybe you have good ideas, you just dont know how to deliver it properly and people misunderstood you everytime.

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Originally Posted by Chardrizard

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And guess what we spend anima on, teleporting.... hey look its a type of currency.....

Not that I am trying to defend the original argument, but:

Buy Items from Wards
Craft Militia Item
Exchange For Anima
Sell Teleport for Cash

Repeat


There is, albeit a roundabout way, now a mechanism for including Anima in the gil chain.

I think I was able to:
Spend 10k on crafting materials
Make a Militia Item
Trade it in for 4 anima.

Giving Anima a value of 2.5k gil/ea. This would then yield teleport prices of:
7.5k gil to Favourited Location
15k gil to the most distant location

If we cut in a decent amount of profit, cost of time & expense, simplicity of pricing scheme, then 25k/teleport would be a fair price.

There is of course the added 'bonus' of sometimes getting 100 Anima.

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Originally Posted by Asiaine

Not that I am trying to defend the original argument, but:

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Whhhaaaat, I wasn't even trying to make an argument ........... what......are you huh. I was just thinking it could be an interesting system to have anima as a currency, no argument at all. Just an idea.

I was gonna comment

but then i saw it was a Rokien thread, so i decided not to even read the OP

i think it was well justified

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Originally Posted by TheVedis

I was gonna comment

but then i saw it was a Rokien thread, so i decided not to even read the OP

i think it was well justified

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Why even comment then...... you know what, nvm

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Originally Posted by TheVedis

I was gonna comment

but then i saw it was a Rokien thread, so i decided not to even read the OP

i think it was well justified

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Ahh Vedis, pay no attention to the strange man. Feel free to comment on my stuff if you prefer ^^;

Hey Rokien, sup?

Turning Anima into Seals could be a good idea, but they may have other ideas to obtain Seals and want to ensure it is balanced. You can already turn Anima into Gil by selling teleports, but it isnt exactly a fast train market, though you can get some quite high profits, I have tele'd for 50-60k quite often since patch due to people rushing to do content.

They should try move away from Anima, and implement a smaller alternative, i mean there is a lot of people who hate it, but could you imagine going back from Dragon head to Gridania every 15 minutes then from Gridania back to Dragon Head and so on, its a good 10-15 minute ride 1 way. A lot of people who hate it, will suffer if its removed, because they are too used to having it now. Though there are some who are genuine and just dont use it, fair dos.

The Anima for Sanction is quite a nice idea, i do like that. As it is, so apparently easy for everyone to get Anima (its not, you're just that pro and far ahead in the game) then maybe we should have alternative spending methods other than teleportation.

i wish hamlet gave me company seals :(

The player-based economy has already begun to create anima currency, in the form of branches, stones and indigo fish.

I don't see the point of making things more complex than that.

I like the OP, I think it would be cool if Anima could be used for more things. Sanction sounds nice. Or some sort of future "black market" vendor that trades items for your Anima? But more importantly...

I also do agree that Hamlet should DEFINITELY reward seals. This gives it a much more lasting appeal for people that already have the Militia stuff they want (or have just given up on Militia stuff :P). As I understand it, you get the Anima rewards before the battle portion begins, so that doesn't encourage battle play.

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Originally Posted by Rokien

And guess what we spend anima on, teleporting.... hey look its a type of currency.....

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There's a difference between a resource and a currency. You don't buy anything with anima. You consume it through teleportation. It's not material.

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Originally Posted by Alhanelem

There's a difference between a resource and a currency. You don't buy anything with anima. You consume it through teleportation. It's not material.

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I buy food for my body, I eat it. In return I get a product called energy and life. Food is a currency for my body... either way, not going to have this argument anymore. Why are you even focused on this and not the idea of the op, come on, people on these forums I swear. You guys get lower and lower.

Thanks wincy and viion.

I really like that black market idea. Lets try and build off that.

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Why are you even focused on this and not the idea of the op

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When people say things that don't make sense, others are going to comment on it. It's a fact of life and the internet.

Anima is not a currency and shouldn't be treated like one. Trading your life force (which anima in some way represents) for GC seals doesn't make any kind of logical sense.

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Originally Posted by Alhanelem

When people say things that don't make sense, others are going to comment on it. It's a fact of life and the internet.

Anima is not a currency and shouldn't be treated like one. Trading your life force (which anima in some way represents) for GC seals doesn't make any kind of logical sense.

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Why shouldn't it be treated as such, it would make for an interesting system.

Well how about instead of trading anima for GC.. just make the Hamlet defense give OUT GC seals like 500 seals per run or something.. I don't like the idea of just trading Anima in for Currency sounds. mehish lol.

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Originally Posted by Starlord

Well how about instead of trading anima for GC.. just make the Hamlet defense give OUT GC seals like 500 seals per run or something.. I don't like the idea of just trading Anima in for Currency sounds. mehish lol.

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I just gave it as an example, there could be other things, sanction, special items(black market), idk there's lots of things you could do with it.

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Originally Posted by Rokien

Why shouldn't it be treated as such, it would make for an interesting system.

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What's interesting about it? Why would I want to give up my anima to get GC currency?

As per starlord, I'd rather see GC seals being awarded simply for participating in the defense for the hamlet that matches your company.

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Originally Posted by Rokien

I just gave it as an example, there could be other things, sanction, special items(black market), idk there's lots of things you could do with it.

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Yep Your right, Just let Anima do its thing, and hopfully they will put in more stuff to get in the Hamlet defense! 7 more days till 1.22a there's going to be quite a few things in that patch =)

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Originally Posted by Alhanelem

What's interesting about it? Why would I want to give up my anima to get GC currency?

As per starlord, I'd rather see GC seals being awarded simply for participating in the defense for the hamlet that matches your company.

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It would be a choice, so far there is hardly any choices needed to be made in this game....

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Originally Posted by Rokien

It would be a choice, so far there is hardly any choices needed to be made in this game....

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inb4 "Coming in 2.0!" :P

anima needs to be only used for teleports! no trade ins, not seals, currency,etc. An idea thats not to hard for SE to make happen is allow poeple to buy lets call it Aetheryte shard or stone, you can thus use this at any Aetheryte Crystal or gate and teleport where ever u please and party members also that are in range just like normal anima warp.

Or maybe just make it so once you buy the aetheryte stone/shard you regen anima right then and their instead of using up inventory space and using it only at aetheryte crystals or gates like i just said. And SE could make a reasonable gil sink from this example maybe 1k-2k per item, and you're able to hold 99 in your inventory.

its good hamlet defense gives some anima reward, but this would help out just a bit more considering the slow regen of anima just over time.

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Originally Posted by stanleyyoung

anima needs to be only used for teleports! no trade ins, not seals, currency,etc. An idea thats not to hard for SE to make happen is allow poeple to buy lets call it Aetheryte shard or stone, you can thus use this at any Aetheryte Crystal or gate and teleport where ever u please and party members also that are in range just like normal anima warp.

Or maybe just make it so once you buy the aetheryte stone/shard you regen anima right then and their instead of using up inventory space and using it only at aetheryte crystals or gates like i just said. And SE could make a reasonable gil sink from this example maybe 1k-2k per item, and you're able to hold 99 in your inventory.

its good hamlet defense gives some anima reward, but this would help out just a bit more considering the slow regen of anima just over time.

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That's being pretty closed minded if you think anima needs to stay within just teleporting.

If they wanted to they could make this system really complex and interesting. oh wait, people here don't like complex things.

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Originally Posted by Rokien

That's being pretty closed minded if you think anima needs to stay within just teleporting.

If they wanted to they could make this system really complex and interesting. oh wait, people here don't like complex things.

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Anima doesn't need to be complex and very interesting, you should just use it to get from a to b. Its better if SE use time & resoucres to develop content thats complex and interesting not teleport warp.

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Originally Posted by stanleyyoung

Anima doesn't need to be complex and very interesting, you should just use it to get from a to b. Its better if SE use time & resoucres to develop content thats complex and interesting not teleport warp.

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Arguing with Rokien is like arguing with a brick wall, except the brick wall can eventually be convinced.

You know, I honestly think there is a novel idea to be found in this. Perhaps not a 'currency', but I can see it having additional uses. What if it were a power source of sorts? Imagine bits of the world that required anima to get to, beyond simply teleporting? Perhaps using it to power an elevator or other piece of machinery (magitek armor?)? If we are going to be stuck with it, I wouldn't mind seeing it used in more creative ways

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Originally Posted by Jocko

You know, I honestly think there is a novel idea to be found in this. Perhaps not a 'currency', but I can see it having additional uses. What if it were a power source of sorts? Imagine bits of the world that required anima to get to, beyond simply teleporting? Perhaps using it to power an elevator or other piece of machinery (magitek armor?)? If we are going to be stuck with it, I wouldn't mind seeing it used in more creative ways

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Thank you, that's what I'm saying, they should come up with creative ways for other uses for anima. Especially if they are starting to give it out now. I mean really, how often do you guys use anima now because of the two warps, me? I use like 6 tops a day of activity.

wow Rokien took you long enough to make a thread about hamlet and anima

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Originally Posted by Krausus

wow Rokien took you long enough to make a thread about hamlet and anima

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What? o.o;

This sounds intresting but I this it should be use to open magic doors or something like that

I can see it having some other novel use, like people have mentioned powering a device or transport. I don't like the thought of it being a 'currency' and I don't see it being traded for GC seals. It would be nice if GC seals were a reward for Hamlets, though.

these are all good ideas for mutliple uses of anima like using it to open magic doors , elevators, operate machinery,etc for dungeous maybe & things of that nature. SE could use anima as the power soucre behind the imperial empire and all of the tech/machines they use. i haven't read up on the empire too much so i dont know how thier machines and all that stuff is powered.

just wanted to say maybe anima is the back bone of the empire, so thus content could be created how vital anima is to them and SE could make it so ppl can use anima to power the empire own machines and use thier own tech agasint them, or have content of who is in control of the anima resource, since its so important. this all could make battles/politics/content between the empire and other nations all revolving around anima.

but i still just want to say that for right now anima is used for teleport nothing else. SE time & resoucres should be used to get the game up to 2.0, after 2.0 i wouldn't mind if anima had mutliple uses and purpose beisdes teleporting after 2.0 they can focus time & resoucres to taking anima to the next step/level so to speak.

They need wuests you can repeat for the GC to get more anime do do the damn GC's and other quests.

OR give WHm's telport spelsl to key areas.