Please Abolish Anima!

[Frisque]

whoa whoa whoa....

Keep your hands out of my anima!

..At least until there is an acceptable median (opening up all of those airship ports in BFE would be a nice start)

[Xylotrupes]

Anima is nice if you have just like 1 hour time to play.
It would suck if your short play time will be shortened by travelling.

So i guess you dont have to use Anima if you dont want to-.-

[MeeYow]

Anima was made specifically to benefit people that don't play a lot.

Atm the regen is too low, seeing as we get 1 non-favoured full distance tele worth of anima per day, I think 12 would be fine provided:

SE add some content that lets us regen anima, I am hoping hamlet defence is going to work something like Campaign did, if theyt have it reward anima at the end of each battle (screw the lore). This way we can actually have some way of regaining anima after a quest zerging session, whilst also doing something worthwhile at the same time.

[Coldfire]

Imo they should just activate the remaining airship ports. I think this would already be enough.

[Xylotrupes]

Anima was made specifically to benefit people that don't play a lot.

SE add some content that lets us regen anima, I am hoping hamlet defence is going to work something like Campaign did, if theyt have it reward anima at the end of each battle (screw the lore). This way we can actually have some way of regaining anima after a quest zerging session, whilst also doing something worthwhile at the same time.

I, too, am low on Anima due to AF Quests, but this just opened my eyes that it depends on yourself on what you spend your anima.
Being able to buy/work Anima back would make Anima less worth. It wouldn't be special anymore... just like Gil nowadays.

Actually i find it fun to see whole Parties Chocoboing through the desert etc... gives the whole World more life.,

[Rousseau]

My own suggestion is to make fewer aetherite points, but either get rid of anima entirely, or make it regenerate much faster (right now, quests require a lot of traveling through repetitive terrain, so everyone uses anima...yet it is possible to run out VERY quickly). Teleportation, in and of itself, isn't the issue. It only severely cheapens the experience when there are way too many places you teleport to. As long as players are still required to do some traveling in order to get to their final destination, I see no problem with it.

It also might help to put in some sort of on-rails transit system that isn't instant, but is faster than chocobo and still allows the player to enjoy the environment. Flight paths, for example.

Moderation is key. It doesn't have to be all one or all the other.

[Coldfire]

It also might help to put in some sort of on-rails transit system that isn't instant, but is faster than chocobo and still allows the player to enjoy the environment. Flight paths, for example.

Currently not possible due to the landscapes design. But they will change the maps anyway so this might be a good idea even if just for the more advanced city-states.

[Rousseau]

Currently not possible due to the landscapes design. But they will change the maps anyway so this might be a good idea even if just for the more advanced city-states.

Oh, I know it wouldn't work right now, but it is something they could consider for 2.0, which is what I meant. ^^;

Oh, also, allowing mounts to be used within cities would be super helpful, and perhaps remove the need for the new intra-city teleportation system (I am already assuming this is temporary). I have no idea how they plan to handle the cities in 2.0, though.

[Burrmanchu]

I ranted on the other anima thread, so I apologize if you already read that...

Anima does need to regenerate faster. I know there's the RP'ers and people who think it should disappear, but in all reality if you are a mammal, or -aren't from Ul'Dah- (which SE promised wouldn't hinder our gameplay *lol*) you get the high hard one... 1 AF line will eat up like 60 anima, or a teleport to a place not "favored" will eat around 4-6... How many hours does it take to get back 6 anima? <_< Seriously? I can't tele to a place i could run in 30min until my char is dormant or hitchhiking for 12 hours? Pshaw.

Anima is probably the only thing that's kept casual players still on the servers, not everyone has 12 hours a day to run to a ? three times. Personally sometimes I won't play if I have no anima because I don't have 45 minutes to complete 1/4 of a quest. Plus keep in mind new players dont even have a choco. Wow what fun... /thread = "Then don't use it."

Screw me and my opinion but "Like" this friggin post if you're tired of "my mule", or /random for tele cuz no one has sh!t.

Burr out.

[Agoven]

The day that aetherytes disappear is the day the lands soak up all the anima...and that day will also usher in Time Mages.

Um...WTFudge...seriously? I'm sorry but this thread pisses me off...and I can't believe people reply to this sorta post. Why not support the GOOD posts and ignore these um...<insert your favorite word here>...ones.

And really we had to get several separate threads...