Why did you start playing FFXI?

[Amerlyn]

I joined because I am not only addicted to Final Fantasy games, but b/c I needed an escape from the drama of real life for a short period of time.

[Rambus]

I started ffxi becasue it was there....

I liked past FF games, I did not even know it was coming out just saw it in a store one day

[Vivivivi]

I wanted to play all the FF games in order. Got through 10, and don't think I'll get to 12-14 now for a while

[Vivik]

I got hurt and was on my back for a year and had the trial in an xbox magazine... Now I'm an addict.

[Ica]

Vivik made me.

[Harpalina]

My best friend convinced me to play...I now play 95x more than she does and I rarely ever see her on <.<

[Vivik]

Vivik made me.

Oh you stop woman. You made fun of me for days. Then you saw how much fun I was having and you just had to go out and buy it... :P

[Mirage]

It was final fantasy-themed and some of my friends played it, and it was better than everything else at the time it came out.

I tried WoW but I quickly got sick and tired of the uninspiring art direction there.

[Naturebeckles]

I have been playing Final Fantasy games since FF3 came out on Super Nintendo. I started FFXI late (2007), but it was only natural for us to finally start our first MMO. I love it.

[Malamasala]

Was interested in a lot of the upcoming MMOs. FFXI, WoW, Star Wars. But then this happened to come first (well, not to my country but I imported it), and I quickly noticed I wouldn't have time to play all three, so I never bought the others.

So you could say it was a good idea to release the game before the others. Just a shame it has felt like a Beta version until Abyssea was released. But it was nice chatting with people those years between 2003 and 2010.