Quote Originally Posted by Starlord View Post
Anima= gets to A to B in an instant

Content= Gets blown down fast because of Anima

Longevity?= Get rid of anima to a point like get 20 Anima and each tele to where ever is 2 points a tele

Why people don't use anything else besides Anima?= Because its fast and the most Reliable
The world is Boring so Anima makes it easier to coup with? Well in 2.0 it could very well not be that way.. I agree keep it "for now" but in 2.0 when areas are more appealing to the eye.. get rid of it and have other modes of Transportation

In order to keep longevity in content.. SE needs to not make it soo fast to get to said places.. why you think people complain theres 0 content in the game, no matter what SE does? Because of Anima.. if you don't have Anima.. someone else does.. in which case its like having almost unlimited Anima "in a sense". Anima is extremely useful.. that needs to be dumbed down a bit..

If you don't like it.. don't use it? Kinda hard when the temptation of using it is there.. doesn't mean I do like it...

Adding to my thought:

When FFXI didn't have Anima and had WHM spells to get you from A to B and nothing else, How well did that work in terms of Longevity? It made you have to wait for a tele (sometimes) and it wasn't so "Instant" because person had to wait for tele to get to said Destination.

If FFXI had Anima with all the content it had to offer, would it get done alot quicker? Yes, however the game had a sense of difficulty as well. FFXIV Not so much. In 2.0, if things are as difficult as FFXI (not content just difficulty) then that will also add to the longevity. But this whole Boom your there thing.. Just telling beople to Quickly do the content, and complain there's none in the end..

This is my thought, I know I'll get flamed but ya know what.. were human we all have opinions :P.
Your argument holds with the current size of the world but with future content additions the world will be expanding and there will be a greater number of locations you can teleport to. This means, if content is spread out appropriately, you won't have enough anima to just burn through it all immediately. They could even up the cost of teleports to other regions/continents. They already have a bit of a tiered teleport cost system, they could continue expanding on that. They could also make places that you can't teleport to or where the destination is far from the teleport location.

Edit: Also worth noting, this game has always been and still is designed for a more casual audience than FFXI. Don't expect things to be difficult/time consuming like they were in FFXI.