Quote Originally Posted by Drako View Post
I don't understand why such a huge change wasn't something they asked the community about.
Remember that huuuuuge thread about someone wanting anima to be abolished? (Wasn't it Rokien's?) Yep, that's most likely one thing that affected the result.

Quote Originally Posted by Shougun View Post
All we know is he said "fast traveling freely" - perhaps slightly mistranslated or he himself used loose words (or didnt include enough words.. :P). But as it stands it stands pretty scary. Hopefully he will talk more about this or we just wait till beta and cross our fingers.
*Ahem* You are free to compare my and Rein's translation, but there is nothing left out nor mistranslated. We'll just have to wait till beta and see what exactly he meant.

I myself didn't mind anima. Some people were saying the casual players didn't want to have anima, but the casuals (= people who don't play as often) are not bothered by anima at all, since it regens. It's the hardcore who spammed content ASAP who had troubles managing their anima. To me it just seems the definition of "casual" changed to mean "lazy"...

Anyway. I don't really like this development, coupled with content finder this will definitely end up making the world feel even more disjointed. I don't want to take half an hour to reach my destination either, but at least with anima you had the choice of porting (fast, limited use), taking airship (middle, gil) or run on your choco (slow, free). With free teleports (as it seems to be now) you will just end up getting all the teleport points and forget about airships/ferries once you completed the content. Mounts will have limited use to carry you from the node to the cave, but it will be far less than previously if you keep content finder in mind.