Quests to replenish anima

This has been inspired by this thread:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/9521-Count-me-amoung-the-skeptics-...
but it addresses a number of topics so I thought I would post it separately in here to discuss it more specifically.

What would you think of quests that would allow to replenish animas?

If it's well designed and balanced, it could be a rallying type of content that would make you accomplish something instead of waiting for them to add up with time and running around for long periods between camps and cities.

The thread I linked also proposed quests to raise anima cap, which I think would be a great idea, as long as you need to accomplish quite a few deeds in Eorzea before having access to that content.

If they do this, I will go outside Thanalan.

I think making a small amount of anima a reward for completing leve quests would be a good idea, as well as making daily (24 real hours) repeatable quest which rewards you with a decent sum of anima upon completion.

in FFXII we have Teleport Stones

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Originally Posted by Evangela

in FFXII we have Teleport Stones

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I think this thread was discussing ways in which we can replenish our anima, not an alternative to anima.

Unless of course you meant obtaining "teleport stones" which would replenish our anima (sorry, don't remember too much about FF12).

The quests should be long and force you to go all 3 cities then back to the city you picked the quest for completion.

Otherwise, No.

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Originally Posted by Joeking

The quests should be long and force you to go all 3 cities then back to the city you picked the quest for completion.

Otherwise, No.

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I'm going to take a guess by looking at your name that you were joking when you said that. :D

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Originally Posted by Joeking

The quests should be long and force you to go all 3 cities then back to the city you picked the quest for completion.

Otherwise, No.

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I dont see how difficulty has any relative to re-obtaining anima. Why should it be annoying to obtain? People are going to do it regardless.

I mean I see it like this: XIV is going to go in a different direction and the current "camps" wont be used so much for new areas, I believe once the airship stuff is in place those airship pads will be of more use. And in new areas be one of the primary ways to get there. Even in XI you still had to choco+run to Sky, Sea you had to take the airship! So Anima will only be really used for the old areas, which new people will meet, and in current design a new player who wants to explore is just not going to have that luxery.

It either needs to be a way you can reobtain anima through current quests, reduce the anima cost to 1 for everything or increase the return rate from 4hrs to 1.

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Originally Posted by viion

I dont see how difficulty has any relative to re-obtaining anima. Why should it be annoying to obtain? People are going to do it regardless.

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Well that comment was a joke, but since you brought it up.

Its like life, money makes life easy. To obtain this you work, the more stressful/difficult/shady your job the more money you get to make your life easy. Why should something which makes travel easy mode be also obtained easy mode. Though I guess I understand your point, why make it difficult but the effort should decide the reward.

Considering the direction of the game is heading to a less stressful horizon I guess it would a contradiction if it was difficult and didn't give you like 20 anima at least per day.

Edit: XI this is not. Master Obi-Wan, not victory. The shroud of the dark side has fallen. Begun, the Clone War has!

Actually you could warp to Sea and Sky in XI you could warp anywhere. I stopped using choco's around 2009 once i had all outpost warps sky warp, and anything i needed to travel fast no one used Airships in XI after a while nor the boats people only got on boats mostly for fishing

Anima isn't going to be the only form of transportation, so I don't see the reasoning behind quests to replenish anima.

I could see them adding quests to temporarily increase anima regeneration, or increase the amount of anima a person can hold. like 125 or 150 at max.

I would rather buy Anima potions with guild marks.

you must really abuse your anima if you're wanting quests to recharge it =p Just imagine when the cost was higher and charge was slower hehe

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Originally Posted by Jinko

I would rather buy Anima potions with guild marks.

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Or gils. This game needs a consistent gils sink

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Originally Posted by Shampooo

you must really abuse your anima if you're wanting quests to recharge it =p Just imagine when the cost was higher and charge was slower hehe

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I don't think I ever got below 75. But I have played with people and read comment about players that are in continuous anima shortage.

Point was that it could make you feel like you achieve something that serves you instead of just waiting for animas to replenish automatically with time.

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Originally Posted by northernsky

Or gils. This game needs a consistent gils sink

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Problem is that gil is so abundant it would make anima almost unlimited, guild marks are much more hard to come by.

I made an earlier thread about this, and from the replies I have received. The transportation system is being worked on, so we don't know for sure if this will be suitable if airships and chocobos will be around

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Originally Posted by Jinko

Problem is that gil is so abundant it would make anima almost unlimited, guild marks are much more hard to come by.

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Agreed and that's why it would need balancing. For example you could limit the amount of animas you could buy per hour, or limit the destinations you could reach with bought animas, for example, only cities + favored locations.

Also, creating a consistent gils sink like teleportation would actually slow down the increasing "uselessness" of gils

Just give me a chocobo and airship travel and I'm good to go. Quests for Anima bahhh!

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Originally Posted by Nuru

I made an earlier thread about this, and from the replies I have received. The transportation system is being worked on, so we don't know for sure if this will be suitable if airships and chocobos will be around

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Regardless there will always be a need for teleportation, maybe less than now I agree.

My point was not exclusively that anima are insufficient so we need other options to replenish them. It was also that I thought that it could be a good idea to implement content around the ability to teleport since it is a core aspect of gameplay.

I saw the title of your thread and didn't even have to read it. answer is YES!

I Think that we neednt methods to gain or recover anima, what we need is the chocobos/airship, and then you wont use anima for everything or for teleporting a camp when you are around in the same region. IF anima isnt that limited chocobs/airship wont make any sense.

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Originally Posted by Khazar

I Think that we neednt methods to gain or recover anima, what we need is the chocobos/airship, and then you wont use anima for everything or for teleporting a camp when you are around in the same region. IF anima isnt that limited chocobs/airship wont make any sense.

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Agreed. And I'm looking forward to see how they will design future zones with regards to the distribution of aetherites, chocobo stands and airship ports.

Right now the zones are designed around aetherite and efficient teleportation, this might change in future development/expansions.

We already have a quest to replenish anima. It's really easy to do:
You wait for 4 hours -> +1 anima :D

And you don't even have to talk to an NPC or ring bells!

i would like to have anima and teleport removed completely. This feature spoiled the game for me.
Walking is so slow and so damn boring, once you start teleporting you don't want anything else.

I would rather like to have the airships and chocobos ASAP

I also suggest we cut off our characters legs, because walking is apparantly Taboo in this game and anything involving it should be replaced with teleportation.

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Originally Posted by Randis

i would like to have anima and teleport removed completely. This feature spoiled the game for me.
Walking is so slow and so damn boring, once you start teleporting you don't want anything else.

I would rather like to have the airships and chocobos ASAP

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Yes I agree (not that it should be removed, but that it spoils the game right now), and that's why I think that you should have to earn your right to teleport (by doing quests) instead of just having it handed to you by waiting.

Chocobos and airships will improve travel efficiency without teleport, but I still think teleporting is important to keep in game, maybe not at the level it is now, and maybe not freely like it is now. Also it could take you to a limited number of places in future zones as opposed to the aetherites positioned at every 2 minutes of walk in current zones.

Nice thread :p

The teleports stones from FFXII could be something realy interessant for FFXIV.
Disciples of the land could gather new material.
Disciples of the hand could synthesis & sell teleports stones, with new receipes.
This would add a new money sink to the gils flow, that I love =)

I like the idea of repeatables quests that give anima too.

Didn't see there was 3 pages already.

I suggest cut off some tongues, because speaking of our cool way to play is apparently taboo. Every people that doesn't want walking 2 hours per day is calling a noob, or two years old

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Originally Posted by northernsky

Regardless there will always be a need for teleportation, maybe less than now I agree.

My point was not exclusively that anima are insufficient so we need other options to replenish them. It was also that I thought that it could be a good idea to implement content around the ability to teleport since it is a core aspect of gameplay.

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Well, i was just stating the replies i got in my thread. Its a given that i made the same topic, that I agree with you 100%

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Originally Posted by AquaRyu

Nice thread :p

The teleports stones from FFXII could be something realy interessant for FFXIV.
Disciples of the land could gather new material.
Disciples of the hand could synthesis & sell teleports stones, with new receipes.
This would add a new money sink to the gils flow, that I love =)

I like the idea of repeatables quests that give anima too.

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I like this idea a lot.

It links every group of players (gatherers, crafters, fighters), which is what I meant in the OP when I said it could represent a rallying content. Also, it creates a disposable and highly used resource with a rapid turnover (= gils sink), and most importantly, you have to earn them.

The only thing is that there would need to be a limit to how much you can use these stones as the objective here would not be to increase teleport capacity, but rather to add content around it. Maybe you could quest items (repeatable quest with a given cooldown) that need to be used in conjunction with crafted teleport stones...

edit: or you quest animas, which need teleport stones (bought from crafters) to be used, as suggested in your post