See this is where I think people undercomplicate TP. I don't see TP as a 'well, we need some mechanic to control non-mages, so have a tp bar.' I see TP lore wise as physical exertion, or stamina. It makes sense. Use more powerful attacks? Use more TP. Running out of TP? Use Inivigorate. (not that I'm saying Invigorate itself is a lore skill, but rather just the idea of someone drawing on some source to invigorate themselves).
It seems to me that everything we're shown and taught lore wise seems to indicate that Chakra is used to distribute energy through your body to perform extraordinary feats of power. So 'to me' it seems like Chakra is not expended like mage spells, but rather just moving around power throughout your body, similar to the Eastern concept of Chi. Think of it as, if you could for an instant, transfer the power of your legs into your fist, and combine it with the energy there. Now just imagine if you had 7 seats of power in your body, how much power you could pack into that punch.
As to Chakra and opening it through pure discipline, so far we're not given a time frame, but remember, the point of the 2.0 questline is Widargelt trying to find ancient batttlefields so he can achieve the 'legendary' 7th Chakra. So if activating all 7 chakra through discipline alone is 'legendary' then, it stands to reason that it must usually take quite a long time to open even one Chakra. Unless of course the more Chakra you open, the more difficult it gets?
Anyway, I wouldn't get *too* set on our ideas besides the basics we know (that Chakra are points within the body that release power) we're about to get another questline for each job, each detailing more lore! xD Who knows that this could change/adjust how we see it! Ex. Forbidden Chakra, what is this? xD
EDIT: I just saw that the post above me more eloquently put what I was meaning to say, as in cycling the energy through the body. Looks like we're all on the same page. xD
It seems to me that everything we're shown and taught lore wise seems to indicate that Chakra is used to distribute energy through your body to perform extraordinary feats of power. So 'to me' it seems like Chakra is not expended like mage spells, but rather just moving around power throughout your body, similar to the Eastern concept of Chi. Think of it as, if you could for an instant, transfer the power of your legs into your fist, and combine it with the energy there. Now just imagine if you had 7 seats of power in your body, how much power you could pack into that punch.
As to Chakra and opening it through pure discipline, so far we're not given a time frame, but remember, the point of the 2.0 questline is Widargelt trying to find ancient batttlefields so he can achieve the 'legendary' 7th Chakra. So if activating all 7 chakra through discipline alone is 'legendary' then, it stands to reason that it must usually take quite a long time to open even one Chakra. Unless of course the more Chakra you open, the more difficult it gets?
Anyway, I wouldn't get *too* set on our ideas besides the basics we know (that Chakra are points within the body that release power) we're about to get another questline for each job, each detailing more lore! xD Who knows that this could change/adjust how we see it! Ex. Forbidden Chakra, what is this? xD
EDIT: I just saw that the post above me more eloquently put what I was meaning to say, as in cycling the energy through the body. Looks like we're all on the same page. xD
