Anima abolishment ~ Thoughts?

[Shougun]

I'm glad to see the anima managment taken away but I am a little dissapointed it appears that you will never travel beyond the first time.

Basically they buffed the anima system, making the "small world" effect stronger. That I'm not happy of.

I want to see how this will play out becasue there may be more to it then just willy nilly teleporting.


For the natural transportation I would have loved to see it be in actual use, sad its been relegated to quest/combat only - I know some people die a little inside and get ready to scream "THIS IS NOT FFXI" but if you ever played it long enough those boat and air ferry rides became a great opportunity to just relax and fall into the world.

You can still include them but they will not be the same when in your head you know you are picking the worst transportation method lol ".. boat 5 mins. teleport.. 2 seconds.." (That and the time for traveling helps fight the "small world" feeling).

[Vilhem]

I know some people die a little inside and get ready to scream "THIS IS NOT FFXI" but if you ever played it long enough those boat and air ferry rides became a great opportunity to just relax and fall into the world.

Or /rageface when you're 1 second late to get on the ship and the invisible wall blocks you from hopping on...and you watch it fly away before your eyes. xD

[Shougun]

Or /rageface when you're 1 second late to get on the ship and the invisible wall blocks you from hopping on...and you watch it fly away before your eyes. xD

lol! I blame that on poor coding - I always thought they should auto walk you on (if not already on). Actually much like how it was in 1.0. Though in 1.0 I hated how you couldnt board yourself.

That missing invis. wall event should have never happened.

Personally the use of anima really made users considerate of how they used anima and walking was actually added a real aspect to it.... I don't mind that they want to abolish anima but unless they rare content available only through ferry or airship fights, I doubt many people will use them anymore (after they walk to every area initially, that is)

Exactly. Efficiency will win even if it actually takes away from the game. (Pick the fun stat build or pick the winning one, most everyone will pick the later even reluctantly)

Effectively turning the game from a world into a dungeon runner.

[Velhart]

I'm glad to see the anima managment taken away but I am a little dissapointed it appears that you will never travel beyond the first time.

Basically they buffed the anima system, making the "small world" effect stronger. That I'm not happy of.

I want to see how this will play out becasue there may be more to it then just willy nilly teleporting.


For the natural transportation I would have loved to see it be in actual use, sad its been relegated to quest/combat only - I know some people die a little inside and get ready to scream "THIS IS NOT FFXI" but if you ever played it long enough those boat and air ferry rides became a great opportunity to just relax and fall into the world.

You can still include them but they will not be the same when in your head you know you are picking the worst transportation method lol ".. boat 5 mins. teleport.. 2 seconds.." (That and the time for traveling helps fight the "small world" feeling).

I think most FFXI players secretly wanted to be able to teleport anywhere (I know I did). Nice at first to explore, but if you are going off routine, in the long run you just want to just port there.

I do like this, it does give people incentive to explore everywhere in this game to get all the telepoints. I assume the teleports will be camps and cities like 1.xx, so you will still have to travel to your destination to an extent.

[Yrusama]

I think most FFXI players secretly wanted to be able to teleport anywhere (I know I did). Nice at first to explore, but if you are going off routine, in the long run you just want to just port there.

I do like this, it does give people incentive to explore everywhere in this game to get all the telepoints. I assume the teleports will be camps and cities like 1.xx, so you will still have to travel to your destination to an extent.

Funny thing is now in XI there are far more means to teleport around than just WHMs and Outposts. There's Voidwatch, namely, which lets you teleport to the main cities by speaking to an NPC.

I think what we're a little worried about here is that airships and ferries will be empty for newer players. I know when I first rode the ferry from Limsa I thought "wooow! look at all the people! it's a real voyage with lots of passengers!". I rode it later for fun and felt... very alone... But in the end, the game was still fun to me. Sure it was sad seeing nobody on that ferry or on the XI airships, but at least the rest of the game still kept me entertained.

I imagine XIV is becoming like FFXII Online, except we can teleport, or "Board the Strahl", from anywhere on the map, instead of just from the orange crystals and airship hangars. Of course I hope XIV has all of the pace of XII but a much longer play span. Would rather not have to stop in a matter of weeks.