Thread: 2.0 Abolition of Anima?

Originally Posted by Yumi_Hibiki

1: You can just start teleporting from anywhere to any camp you have visited at any time, i never really liked this, it feels kinda weird to hop around the continent at will like a demi god.... i would be in favor of a "crystal to crystal" teleportation system like we have with "crystal to gates" already.

I can understand that point of view. However, in some MMO's they have a kind of 'coaching' system in place where you have to travel from node to node rather than skipping over any. That poses two problems. First, that would create a ridiculous amount of loading screens depending on how far you wanna go. Secondly, and specifically in FFXIV's case, could you imagine the amount of anima that would cost o_O. I just don't think it would work with FFXIV and it wouldn't fit into the game's type of environment, although I see the point you made.

Originally Posted by Bulwarkz

I can understand that point of view. However, in some MMO's they have a kind of 'coaching' system in place where you have to travel from node to node rather than skipping over any. That poses two problems. First, that would create a ridiculous amount of loading screens depending on how far you wanna go. Secondly, and specifically in FFXIV's case, could you imagine the amount of anima that would cost o_O. I just don't think it would work with FFXIV and it wouldn't fit into the game's type of environment, although I see the point you made.

oh what i actually meant by crystal to crystal was that you need to get into the aetherite stream at a crystal, there you could still choose your destination, then it would at least feel like a closed teleportation network with some sense behind it instead of "the whole continent is oozing aetherite i can hop in no matter where"

Originally Posted by Yumi_Hibiki

oh what i actually meant by crystal to crystal was that you need to get into the aetherite stream at a crystal, there you could still choose your destination, then it would at least feel like a closed teleportation network with some sense behind it instead of "the whole continent is oozing aetherite i can hop in no matter where"

I see - initially having to begin the travel sequence at an aetherite, as opposed to hitting a teleport key and bringing up all destinations from anywhere; basically the system in place now, with that one stipulation. That's not a bad idea, giving one the sense of a physical network in place instead of materializing in and out of thin air.

Originally Posted by Bulwarkz

I see - initially having to begin the travel sequence at an aetherite, as opposed to hitting a teleport key and bringing up all destinations from anywhere; basically the system in place now, with that one stipulation. That's not a bad idea, giving one the sense of a physical network in place instead of materializing in and out of thin air.

It would be more consistent with their lore.

- Give WHM CNJ teleports back. (level 30 15 or something so people don't cry about it. They can just carry a WHM weapon around)

- Make Teleport a cross-class skill
- Make it that teleport cost 3k gil in the same region and 6k gil to another region

/joke

Originally Posted by Yumi_Hibiki

I don't mind anima too much but there are two things that kinda bothered me since the release:

1: You can just start teleporting from anywhere to any camp you have visited at any time, i never really liked this, it feels kinda weird to hop around the continent at will like a demi god.... i would be in favor of a "crystal to crystal" teleportation system like we have with "crystal to gates" already.

2: Someone can take you to places you never gained yourself, this is kinda a big one in my opinion, i get that some people want to streamline their leveling and whatnot but letting them skip the whole world is a very bad idea, even more in 2.0.

They can make it like with the small aetherite. Only from crystal to crystal and everyone need to touch the aetherites first himself.

I am undecided if anima should exist or not... Some form of teleportation is needed anyway.
What I would like fixed though (no matter how you get there) is that if you haven't been to a camp before, I don't think you should be able to "leech" a warp there from someone else.
The first time should alway be by foot, chocobo or w/e mount they choose to add.

I agree with the idea of having to travel to a spot first before being able to warp to it. That just plain makes sense, it's fair and it should be accomplished. Essentially like signing an encampment's ledger, which FFXIV does utilize with "Favored Destinations". I've seen that type of system used in other games as well.