Well what else are you doing in the world?
I earn my anima by running dungeons and raids it seems. On the off chance I am out in the world, flight paths seem to be sufficient. It’s rare that I am except to get to so spot for a limited time. Then I can use my hearthstone to get back to the worlds central hub.
If you are out in the world more regularly, I assume you are doing world quests, and as such farming anima is probably why you are doing so. What else it out in the world that needing such transportation efficiency?
So you are out in the world farming anima, to earn enough anima to build the transportation network that gets you to the places where you farm more anima.
Do you understand why this circular logic doesn’t actually provide any real utility outside of itself?