2.0 Abolition of Anima?

[Lerend]

I agree with the abolition of the current Anima system, it feels like i'm cheating. Not only can I magically teleport to anywhere in the world at a moments notice with no cost at all, but I can take my entire party with me, even if they haven't been there before.

Need a tough to get node? Just have someone who has it teleport you there.

One of the absolute best parts of FFXI was the world design and immersion. Traveling was important, but there were enough options available to you as you progressed to not make it that big of a burden. You could Airship or teleport to the general region, then chocobo to the specific location. It helped make the world feel like a *world*, not like your typical MMO "bunch of zones and a hub." One of the biggest issues the World of Warcraft developers are now facing is that they made their world *TOO* accessible with flying mounts, and it severely diminished their world building, and this port-anywhere anima system feels the same. Hoofing it to Jeuno, getting your choco license, and getting your Airship license in FFXI felt like major accomplishments and were serious character progression points.

Either follow the suggestion of making it crystal to crystal only, or abolish the whole thing and give us back teleport spells. You should also only be able to teleport to a crystal if you've actually been to that crystal before.

You guys made one of the most memorable and detailed worlds in MMO history, and i'm confident you'll do it again. Please don't shun your own work with the magical teleport "lazy button" anymore, let us enjoy the world you so painstakingly create :/

[Lux_Rayna]

You should also only be able to teleport to a crystal if you've actually been to that crystal before.

That doesn't work very well, for it ignores the problem of party forming. If im in a group and they decide they want to go to Natalan (as an example), if ive never been to coerthas what then? No group is going to wait until someone takes a choco to grid from uldah, to coerthas, to natalan. Or they might, it really just depends. I can foresee a lot of ppl getting booted from parties simply because of that.

Anima is very limited so its not an issue. If you're worried about ppl getting spoiled just lower the anima cap, or give it a hard-cap of 4-5 times per day (or lower, not married to this figure). You dont have to axe it altogether, ppl are way too extreme about things.