Aboloshing Anima

[XooZQ]

If you're not going to bother to read and understand it, please move on.

Although there isn't a whole lot I absolutely cannot tolerate about this game anymore, there is still one thing that doesn't make much sense to me: Anima. Every day I log in now and I start forming a group to go grind with, which is usually shy of a Full PT by a few members, and as we grind, we wait for others who might like to join us. As much as they would like to, a few of them decline simply because they do not have what it takes to get to camp in a reasonable amount of time.

My question is, how does limiting the most practical mode of transportation to a finite resource conducive to community play? The psychological effect that perhaps inhibits a person from even logging in could be the fact that they know that they are low on anima and there is no reliable alternative to allow them the basic joys of playing. It is a defeat no one should suffer simply because they move about often ingame.

Chocobos are coming, but it seems their only availability will be from city-states. How long, and what will it take to get yourself from Limsa to Camp Nine Ivies on short notice? You could try to shout for a gil offering if you are low/out of Anima, but generally that's to no avail since it's consumable, and at this point is almost priceless.