Quote Originally Posted by Viridiana View Post
Yes, we'd have picked somewhere to congregate, and we'd have set up almost all our retainers there, no matter what. Why did we pick Uldah? Because after spending 20 anima warping around to do a quest, spending 3 more to get to another city doesn't sound appealing, especially when you know this is gonna happen again in a few levels. Heck, some people stay so low on anima that they can't teleport somewhere else, and running sounds even less fun.

Also, you misunderstood Martyr's comment, I believe. He was saying that the retainers are lifeless and just stand there for hours on end doing nothing but impersonating zombies.

As an aside, WoW still does the natural congregation trick, but it's not based on trade. The trade in all their capital cities are linked, via both AH and /trade channel. Biggest reason people still gather together in the same city is for partying, I'd say.
wow now its the amount of anime that you all in ul'dah?!? come on...thats BS. 3 anime to teleport somewhere is next to nothing. No one is making you teleport like a maniac...why you teleport THAT much. Its also not the only way to travel. One thing I've realized is how lazy FFXIV players are. You lucky there is a free teleport system in place...your even luckier that the anime use isn't like what it used to be and even luckier that anime recharges by itself. You guys will never be pleased LOL
I seriously haven't dropped below 50 anime since release...but anyway I don't see how being low on anime makes people goto ul'dah.