2.0 Abolition of Anima?

[Bowen]

Anima is fine. Leave it as is. If you're like me, and you take long breaks from playing sometimes, Anima is extremely useful.

[Rokien]

I'd like the anima system taken away. Teleports in FFXI were rare, but didn't come at a cost to the players. Now everyone is lying about how much anima they have to avoid being the chosen one in a party. It's an annoying added stress point in the game where even the most stingy person can lose all their anima in a single day, let alone lose a large chunk to a mistaken teleport. This is why I think the anima system in itself is flawed.

I also think there are too many teleport locations. There is hardly a need for chocobos and airships because you'll probably teleport right next to your destination or right on top of it. They should make main teleporting hubs and/or multiple kinds of fast travel that get you to different kinds of destinations.

I do not however think giving a single class all the teleports is the answer like they did in FFXI. This game is different and leveling a class does not take that long. Unless they gave teleport at max level everyone would just level that class to have the teleports whenever they wanted.

There you go! Some legitimate points against anima for you to discuss.

Just thought I would quote this.

@ Lux
1) I don't think you even read his post

2)Airship wouldn't get him to camp whatever, they only go to town.

3) Wow...15-20mins is a life time. Getting from uldah to broken water takes 10mins on chocobo, if you don't have that much time to spare you shouldn't be playing an mmo

4) Reason why I don't think you read is post, he clearly said that the guy was out of anima..... He did not make an effort to walk there on his own, soo the guy did the walking for him.

5) You don't even know.... there's some amazing places to be seen, some places I'm sure you don't even know exist because you just teleport everywhere....

[CrystalObsidian]

I'm one of those people who takes long breaks from the game, not because I want to, but because of real life.. And yet I try not to use anima that much. Especially since the release of chocobos and airships! They've made traveling a lot of fun

Sure I'd save a lot of time by insta-porting to places, but that's not fun for me. I really like the idea of having mages tele everywhere. I dunno, anything to make classes play important roles in society, and not just battles.

So, for everyone that loves anima so much, then just ask a mage to tele you. It'll take what, an extra couple minutes out of your time? Still a lot faster than traveling by foot/choco ^^

(Oh, and I wouldn't even make you pay if you asked for a tele) :P

@Rokien, I like looking at the nice scenery as well, it helps immersion a lot to be able to appreciate the environment around you

[XStruckX]

I never have more than 10-20 anima anyways. Drop it down to 1 anima per teleport and only used between gates and nodes. Bring back teleports and crags for whms. Leave return thats fine the way it is.

[Lux_Rayna]

Just thought I would quote this.

@ Lux
1) I don't think you even read his post

2)Airship wouldn't get him to camp whatever, they only go to town.

3) Wow...15-20mins is a life time. Getting from uldah to broken water takes 10mins on chocobo, if you don't have that much time to spare you shouldn't be playing an mmo

4) Reason why I don't think you read is post, he clearly said that the guy was out of anima..... He did not make an effort to walk there on his own, soo the guy did the walking for him.

5) You don't even know.... there's some amazing places to be seen, some places I'm sure you don't even know exist because you just teleport everywhere....

I don't think you read mine...

1) Thats a lie, considering i was responding to a situation I would have had to read in order to even know. Of course i read it...duh. That was sharp of you.

2) Obviously, but the town would put him closer to the camp than walking from another town entirely. Not hard to understand. You're trying way too hard to be antagonistic. Its common sense.

3) You didnt read the post, his friend didnt have a chocobo since he was doing GC quests. As far as time goes, if you only have 2 hours to play, and spend 15-20mins travelling to each location..well you do the math. One roundtrip is almost half your playtime, and thats only travelling. Use math.

4) You *really* didnt read my post. This makes me wonder why you're even responding to it. I'll give you a chance to read it again and then determine if your post was relevant. I know the guy was out of anima..that wasnt the point. The point, which you clearly missed, was that anima did not make him lazy..he was lazy to begin with. Anima or no anima he wasnt going to walk by himself anyway.

5) You really didnt read *any* of my posts. I have said more than once that I have no anima anymore, so I can't teleport everywhere. It ran out a long time ago. I have hp in uldah, use the ferry to get to limsa, and ride a choco to grid. No i dont teleport, unless I need to meet someone quickly for something.

All of that said, if you're going to accuse someone of not reading you could at least do a better job of it yourself. Whats funny is that ppl like you pretend you're being smart.


EDIT: And yet another reason why I think you didnt read it properly: I mentioned some nice places that I think are worth going to. If you actually read it you should know what im talking about. If you didnt well, joke's on you isnt it?

[Rokien]

I don't think you read mine...

1) Thats a lie, considering i was responding to a situation I would have had to read in order to even know. Of course i read it...duh. That was sharp of you.

2) Obviously, but the town would put him closer to the camp than walking from another town entirely. Not hard to understand. You're trying way too hard to be antagonistic. Its common sense.

3) You didnt read the post, his friend didnt have a chocobo since he was doing GC quests. As far as time goes, if you only have 2 hours to play, and spend 15-20mins travelling to each location..well you do the math. One roundtrip is almost half your playtime, and thats only travelling. Use math.

4) You *really* didnt read my post. This makes me wonder why you're even responding to it. I'll give you a chance to read it again and then determine if your post was relevant. I know the guy was out of anima..that wasnt the point. The point, which you clearly missed, was that anima did not make him lazy..he was lazy to begin with. Anima or no anima he wasnt going to walk by himself anyway.

5) You really didnt read *any* of my posts. I have said more than once that I have no anima anymore, so I can't teleport everywhere. It ran out a long time ago. I have hp in uldah, use the ferry to get to limsa, and ride a choco to grid. No i dont teleport, unless I need to meet someone quickly for something.

All of that said, if you're going to accuse someone of not reading you could at least do a better job of it yourself. Whats funny is that ppl like you pretend you're being smart.


EDIT: And yet another reason why I think you didnt read it properly: I mentioned some nice places that I think are worth going to. If you actually read it you should know what im talking about. If you didnt well, joke's on you isnt it?

1. You didn't read it very good or something
2. how do you know he has an airship pass deal, or he already used those tickets?
3.There are quests post chocobo..... either way point still stands, if you don't have that little time to spare you hsouldn't be playing a MMORPG
4. The fact that he was hoping for a the dude to teleport him and the "....." shows he is lazy, also the fact that he /follow
5. You just named two places, there is amazing places OUT OF THE WAY.

[Affliction]

My question is, why does everyone jump to "OMG FF11-2! AHHHH!!!" every time something is being talked about? What do you expect to be so insanely different that it wont look like ff11? Look at this way.. FF14 needs a foundation right? Being that FF11 is the only other FF MMO period, why not incorporate some aspects? For example, Have they not used summons in almost every FF game that has come out? If my memory serves me correctly, I don't ever remember hearing "OMG!! it's FF - insert sequel Ahhh!!" because of summons. Fact is, you can't make a true FF game without incorporating features or ideas form the previous. Now, like i said earlier in a post, I never did really level whm past 37. But i did like the aspect of whm having those spells aswell as blm having warp. FF11's classes were more distinked. There wasn't anyone class that was like the next. Each role was known for there unique abilities and the players found there own way to make themselves benefit from said abilities in there own way. It gave us the option to truly play the way we wanted too without being pointed in the direction that it was meant too be played. Granted, it didnt make sence to some but it still worked.

Point is, no one knows what will happen with the anima system. I'm not against it but I do feel that opening the menu, hitting tele and your gone on every class is a little broken. Theres needs to be some restriction to what can and cant be done in order to feel like you accomplished something. Fact is, if everyone is given exactly what they wanted, there would be no since of enjoyment with accomplishing anything which is why people play these mmo's.

[Riv]

I like being able to port around. What's the point of WHM having tele spells if all you have to do is change your weapon to do the same thing as anima now?

[Jynx]

I don't care about the free transport I just think the range of locations available and how often it can be done needs to be adressed.

I'd love to say "I'll wait for 2.0" on this, but it's a important issue for me. We shouldn't be able to get anywhere we want with the snap of our fingers, anytime we want. Closer? sure why not. Unlimited? (Face it Anima is hardly restricting unless your going ape on the teleports) No.

That's my opinion on it, I just think the brevity of tele locations take alot away from the map design and a ton of people who complain about the map design heavily use this feature. If they had the incling or reason to walk anywhere other than the basic paths I'm sure there would be far less complaints about the world design as while it is slightly bland still has some amazing and unique vistas to apreciate.

I blame the under-apreciation of these features in tandem with terrible mob placement, quest design(Good but doesn't make you explore) that rarely takes you anywhere scenic, and the over-emphasis on transportation via anima.

I think Anima needs to at least be hit with a hard nerf stick. Come at me bro.

[Mikita]

me " /tell member C, hey so whatsup? you need help doing Grand company quest? "
member C " yeah "
me " okay, so what does the journal tells you to do"
member C "tells me to go to camp tranquill, "
me " okay, lets teleport there then, ill fight the monsters for you "
Member C " thats the problem. i dont have anima and i dont wana run"
me "inside my head ( ANGER, REMORSE, CONFUSION, WTH~~!!!!! ) okay. follow me we will run there, you can auto follow me if you want, just make sure your always on auto follow >.> "
Member C " . . . . ."

Wow. You are too nice.
I am happy to help new players as much as I can, but not if they are simply too lazy to do anything for themselves.

Member C wanted a free ride and to just sit back while someone else fights the monsters?
For someone like that, what's the purpose of even logging in?

I don't see anima and teleportation as the problem here.