An aether-what?

[Enkidoh]

For now:


I don't believe this ballony.

They're as bad as the US IRL, working on credit are they?? I'm pretty sure they could've thought of something else,lol!
Nobody works for free for they time they were reconstructing. I would rather go back to paying in anima.

PSexpert, it's stated specifically in the game that the teleport fees go towards repaying the debt the citystates paid to fund the reconstruction of the aetheryte network - in particular, it was a group of wealthy Ul'dah businessmen who funded it. Hence the teleport fees are indeed a tax to repay this debt.

The original aetherytes didn't need this as they were apparently ancient relics of a bygone civilization (Allag Empire?) - it's the nature of the beast I'm afraid.