Travel

[Waffuru]

It's a 'gold sink'. If you do not have things that people have to spend money on then everyone ends up with every item and huge stockpiles of money, which ruins the economy. Think repairing equipment in games or having to purchase ammo. Restocking your potions/food. It's not really as critical since it is so much harder to earn zeni now, but the point still stands.

That aside, I wouldn't be opposed to a discounted 'public transit' style system to make it easier for roleplayers to gather with some sort of cooldown/time limit. Or one ship ticket being able to be split among any number of people.