Quote Originally Posted by _C-a-e-r-i-t-h_ View Post
I am in favor of aetheryte-only teleporting if and only if other means of transportation are introduced first. Here's how it should be:
  • Other means of transportation exist.
    • Airships provide city to city transportation.
    • Chocobos:
      • Extremely fast; optional: auto-pilot.
      • Rentals available at every city and aetheryte camp.
      • Optional: Players have the option of raising a chocobo to summon via chocobo whistle.
  • Anima system changes:
    • Implement Aetheryte teleportation system: City <--> Camp <--> Gate, not Anywhere --> Any Camp
    • Teleport is now an Aetheryte option, not a menu option.
    • Return has 10-minute timer and lets player choose either their homepoint or the nearest Aetheryte they've been attuned to.
    • Anima removed.
Currently, there are two ways to play the game: either you have anima and stuff like airships and chocobos are useless, or you do not have anima and the game sucks so hard. That is too binary. Airships and chocobos are going to happen, so if we're going to have a teleport system at all it needs to be compatible with them and not suck.
Pretty much my thoughts, more detailed and localized, exactly. SE, implement this!