(08-01-2016, 11:43 AM)Valence Wrote: Since we know they have fees (quite expensive at that) to finance the economic loss caused by the Calamity... Who collects the fees? Officials on site when people suddenly pop out of nowhere nearby? Fine then, but how do they even manage to tell from where the travelers TPed? What prevents someone to lie?
From your old thread on the topic:
Camate Wrote:Why does it cost gil to use aetherytes?
Many aetheryte camps were destroyed during the Calamity, which necessitated their reconstruction. However, this came at great expense, and so teleportation fees must be collected to repay the as yet unpaid debt.
However, the gil doesn’t just magically disappear from your purse! Though it's not shown in the game, it's collected by the guards keeping watch of the aetherytes.
On a side note, guards posted by each city-state's aetheryte can tell you about aetherytes and teleportation magic. If you're interested, see what they have to say!
So, when you go talk to one of the guards, Nicia for example, she says this:
Nicia Wrote:Then why, you ask, must we pay gil when using Telport? Well, after the Calamity, many of the existing aetheryte camps were destroyed. To relocate and rebuild them required a large sum of money, much of which was lent by certain men of business from Ul'dah. The gil you pay when either leaving from or arriving at an aetheryte goes to paying off that debt.
So, if you're teleporting out to a remote aetheryte destination that has no guards, say Azys Lla or something, you would pay your fee in advance. However, if you're returning from an outlands area to relative civilization, you would likely pay upon arrival.
