Abolish Anima - Implementation of Airships and Chocobos

[Betelgeuzah]

Out Post Warps actually created content and had it's + and - .

Yeah, like Anima doesn't have any limitations to it? At least in XI you only had to pay a meaningless amount of gil so the downside were pretty much nonexistant when you got access to the teleports. Until then, have fun running between La Theine and Ronfaure with your level 15 job. Here everyone stands on an equal ground. You teleport too many times, you have no Anima and need to deal with it. You don't get away with having tons of cash.

And I'm sure the people with no access to OP warps for reasons pretty much outside their control were so happy about it. "Hey, look, Bastok simply sucks, and that's why you can't teleport anywhere. That's why the system is so brilliant man!"

I remember having to explain to my RL friends why I can teleport to Qufim and they need to take the chocobo because Bastok didn't have control over the region for like, 6 weeks in a row. So goddamn annoying.

It's all about locking out content from other people isn't it?

[Anonymoose]

It's all about locking out content from other people isn't it?

I agree with your whole rage, there... but this just hits the nail on the head. This is the source of about 80% of the spirited debates around here. "I won't feel special until I have something you don't and the security to know that you, with your job and family and life, won't ever catch up to me." This is the world of MMO.

[Ark_mage2]

I think slowing the anima regeneration rate or cutting the anima pool would be a fair enough measure. To just abolish it outright is a really large leap. Maybe do it in steps, if at all.

[Haibel]

I don't have a clue why people bitch about something that doesn't effect them. Leave the anima alone.
if you chose not to use it, it's no loss to you.

[SirEdeonX]

Hum... I think the removal of anima is a bit extreme, since it is useful to some people and some type of players, which we cannot ignore.

The thing about anima is, we should only be able to teleport when touching aetherites, so a player should have to activelly go to a camp/cityto be able to teleport to somewhere.

This way we'd be able to maintain the usefulness of teleporting to somewhere when you're in a rush, or to join your friends, while still promoting the use of chocobos and other means of transportation between cities/camps.

[Haibel]

Hum... I think the removal of anima is a bit extreme, since it is useful to some people and some type of players, which we cannot ignore.

The thing about anima is, we should only be able to teleport when touching aetherites, so a player should have to activelly go to a camp/cityto be able to teleport to somewhere.

This way we'd be able to maintain the usefulness of teleporting to somewhere when you're in a rush, or to join your friends, while still promoting the use of chocobos and other means of transportation between cities/camps.

I'm totally for that. In fact when the whole thing came up about aythersite 2 years ago I really thought that was what SE meant.

[Holland]

Anima teleports you to the Aetheryte crystals only. You can only rent chocobos from cities for now. Airship travels between cities only for now. The game is no longer centered to guildleves which are activated at Aetheryte Crystals only.

Connect all those sentences and you will come up with: If all future content is not revolving around Leves (which is centered now to casual players) That probably means you will not be porting to Aethrytes that much if you are not casual player, grabbing a chocobo might be faster to reach your destination than teleporting and walking to the destination. Unless they add Aetheryte crystals to Beastman Strongholds and all future content, Anima and Teleporting will slowly fade out to be used by casual players doing Leves and rarely by hardcore players. Teleporting is not affecting anyone with anything, leave it alone.

Edit: Ah yes, Outpost Warps. Its great that we can take FFXI for reference for incredible systems, but please, leave XI to be XI, let FFXIV to come up with its own content, while amazingly cool that we have Beastman Strongholds (I love XI) its bad enough we have copied that already without a shred of distinction save the pretty new HD graphics.

[Spuffin]

Anima teleports you to the Aetheryte crystals only. You can only rent chocobos from cities for now. Airship travels between cities only for now. The game is no longer centered to guildleves which are activated at Aetheryte Crystals only.

Connect all those sentences and you will come up with: If all future content is not revolving around Leves (which is centered now to casual players) That probably means you will not be porting to Aethrytes that much if you are not casual player, grabbing a chocobo might be faster to reach your destination than teleporting and walking to the destination. Unless they add Aetheryte crystals to Beastman Strongholds and all future content, Anima and Teleporting will slowly fade out to be used by casual players doing Leves and rarely by hardcore players. Teleporting is not affecting anyone with anything, leave it alone.

Edit: Ah yes, Outpost Warps. Its great that we can take FFXI for reference for incredible systems, but please, leave XI to be XI, let FFXIV to come up with its own content, while amazingly cool that we have Beastman Strongholds (I love XI) its bad enough we have copied that already without a shred of distinction save the pretty new HD graphics.

You forgot to mention chocobo whistles. Not only can you grab chocobo at a stable from town, once you teleport to a atheryte you can call a faster chocobo. But why would you even do that? You can just teleport back to town and or teleport to the next aheryte.
Why spend 5 min running to the towns airship when you can spend 5 seconds teleporting to the next town.

Tell me why they added chocobo and airhsips again? I don't understand. What was the point?

[Betelgeuzah]

Tell me why they added chocobo and airhsips again? I don't understand. What was the point?

"Anima is a limitless resource guys."

Glad to know you have had no trouble spending your anima, 'cause I sure as hell have. And I basically live in Ul'dah and it's nearest Camps, which is fortunate because I don't have to go any further and spend even more of those precious points.

Everything also doesn't revolve around camps, at least not anymore. How are you going to teleport straight to the Hamlets?

[Spuffin]

"Anima is a limitless resource guys."

Glad to know you have had no trouble spending your anima, 'cause I sure as hell have. And I basically live in Ul'dah and it's nearest Camps, which is fortunate because I don't have to go any further and spend even more of those precious points.

Everything also doesn't revolve around camps, at least not anymore. How are you going to teleport straight to the Hamlets?

You quoted my question but still never answered my question.