What in yout x time plying ffxi made you literaly cry tears of happyness

[Rosina]

Pretty much name ONE thing in ffxi that maade you cry tears of joy, for real.

The one time I cried tears of joy when I beat maat after 30 tried as rdm and 5 tries as mnk. I thouhgt I was never gonna beat time because back then I sucked at soloing.

[Seyrena]

Using an EXP scroll during my RDM Maat fight for the actual limit break.

"HOW DO YOU LIKE ME NOW, OLD MAN?"

[Sparthos]

Beating Chains of Promathia.

[Alukat]

mandau accomplished ^^

[Zatias]

Unfortunately this has never actually happened to me, but I did laugh real hard getting my Warrior from 13-75 using a great sword and thief sub.

[Myrrh]

The one time I cried tears of joy when I beat maat after 30 tried as rdm and 5 tries as mnk. I thouhgt I was never gonna beat time because back then I sucked at soloing.
So, what? Yesterday?

[MarkovChain]

Duelist's Chapeau

[Draylo]

Novio earring

[Tamoa]

Well I actually didn't cry tears of joy, but I yelled out, jumped off my chair and did an insane victory dance when I won lot on Ridill. It was an item I'd always dreamed about but never ever in a million years thought I'd get.

[Rosina]

So, what? Yesterday?

um no....... back when 75 was cap. whitegate JUST came out.

[Rosina]

Well I actually didn't cry tears of joy, but I yelled out, jumped off my chair and did an insane victory dance when I won lot on Ridill. It was an item I'd always dreamed about but never ever in a million years thought I'd get.

I did that when i first got the pre change mee deggi drop 5 min before a maintenance on a day i was sick with bronchitis of some kind. Pretty much 100+ fever and breathing difficulty. THat made my day.

[hiko]

pm6-4 before nerf with my static lol set up
nin drg sam blm whm brd
only brd and blm had other jobs >=60 at that time

[Meyi]

I've never cried tears of joy from this game, but the one time I was so excited that I couldn't sleep and couldn't stop shaking the entire day was when I got my YinYang Robe. The next day was also equally exciting because my friend got hers as well.

[Secondplanet]

I would have to say when i got married in game to my RL Fleur in Sandy. Problem was there was too many fireworks from my friends and it lagged everyone in the wedding and half'd D/C'd. But it would fit into the category that you set ^^

[uptempo]

Didn't cry but my happiest was when i got the 30 jadeshell loan for my first relic apocalypse and i knew then i'd have it within the next half hour yeah i was indeed very happy that night.

[Souljacker]

Beating Chains of Promathia.

Same - it was a long and grueling battle, and we went through so many setup changes over the months it wasn't funny. I ended up tanking promy on my warrior since our paladin ate dirt. It was a pretty epic and fun fight, and I have never experienced anything like it since.

[Razushu]

Never cried, but there was a lot of fist pumping and AWH YEAH!s when I soloed Titan first try in the mini fork trial. My highest job was WHM 30 at the time, and he was the first big thing I fought in game. It started a life long love affair with going out to p*ss off random NMs to see if I can solo lol

[Nianny]

When my static and I managed to get out of The garden of Ruhmet (sp?) after completing its mission for CoP way before the nerf. :) I didn't literally cry of joy... but after about 6-8h (if I recall correctly) inside, I was close to it.
But it was fun afterall.

[tifia]

Pretty much name ONE thing in ffxi that maade you cry tears of joy, for real.

The one time I cried tears of joy when I beat maat after 30 tried as rdm and 5 tries as mnk. I thouhgt I was never gonna beat time because back then I sucked at soloing.

I don't think the newer RDM's realize how much of a pain in the butt he was back in the olden days. I went up against him around the time CoP was released, BEFORE it had an ending. So nuts to you all newbie RDM's. We're hardcore! XD

The day that I defeated Maat I wasn't crying, but I was laughing hysterically since I went in on a whim. After at least a dozen failed attempts, I did it by doing none of the "conventional" RDM strategies.

But for me, the moment that "would" have brought a tear to my eyes from pure joy, though I haven't cried at anything in a game or movie, ever, is when I got my RDM Relic Hat from Dynamis-Xarcabard on my very first trip there. I had access to Xarc for well over a year, but we could never get enough people to go in. Again kids, this is way back in the olden days before the current version of the game. This was around the time ToAU came out.

Anyway, the linkshell I was in finally had enough people to tackle Xarc. My first time in, blasting the zone's music. And within the first half hour, we got a relic drop. Duelist's Chapeau. Lots were called by the leader and I was on the list. I let everyone else lot first and tabbed to the "Lot" button. I closed my eyes and touched the enter key. And then I couldn't look for another 2 minutes or so because I was afraid I was going to have the best RDM Lot ever - 0. And while I did have a RDM Lot (431 to be exact), I won! I could not believe that I won the hat! On my first Xarcabard run! I still wear that hat to this day and I'm NEVER giving it up!

[Octaviane]

Apocalypse Nigh. I wept through all the beginning cs's, the fight and closing cs's.

[Byrth]

lol <_<;

I did RDM Maat in the era you guys were talking about (pre-nerf) and went 1/2. I'd have gone 1/1, but I didn't bring any meds or food because I kept listening to people who told me RDM Maat was FFXI's reincarnation of Mr. T and thought I needed a dry run. Iirc, I ran in and slept him, dispelled him/buffed myself, (silenced him?), Gravity, nuke a few times, Sleep, rest, Chainspell and kill (Stoneskin/blink, convert, cures, meds, etc). It was substantially easier than doing something like soloing the Brothers ENM on RDM.

I've never wept from FFXI, but I had a really good week at one point where I finished four Salvage pieces, got Novio/Gaiters/Ixion Cape (back when Ixion was new), got an E.body, got and upgraded BLM AF2 hands -1, and made over 10 million gil reselling stuff. I'm pretty sure that's going to go down in my FFXI history as my luckiest week.

[Rosina]

lol <_<;

I did RDM Maat in the era you guys were talking about (pre-nerf) and went 1/2. I'd have gone 1/1, but I didn't bring any meds or food because I kept listening to people who told me RDM Maat was FFXI's reincarnation of Mr. T and thought I needed a dry run. Iirc, I ran in and slept him, dispelled him/buffed myself, (silenced him?), Gravity, nuke a few times, Sleep, rest, Chainspell and kill (Stoneskin/blink, convert, cures, meds, etc). It was substantially easier than doing something like soloing the Brothers ENM on RDM.

I've never wept from FFXI, but I had a really good week at one point where I finished four Salvage pieces, got Novio/Gaiters/Ixion Cape (back when Ixion was new), got an E.body, got and upgraded BLM AF2 hands -1, and made over 10 million gil reselling stuff. I'm pretty sure that's going to go down in my FFXI history as my luckiest week.

rdm maat is all luck. some get the 1/2 some get 1/100000. it all depends on maats mood. I got double asuran fists on several runs. ouchie.

[cidbahamut]

There is more to RDM Maat than luck.

[Byrth]

Maat Asuran'd me for 0 damage. There was an element of luck to RDM Maat if your gear wasn't good or your skills weren't capped (basically, if you got resists), but he wasn't the god slayer that you guys make him out to be. I was using a variety of compromise pieces at the time (like Spider Torque and only Wind/Dark HQ staves) and still beat him easily.

[MarkovChain]

Sleep, nuke, don't need meds...

[Alukat]

took me 7 attempts to beat rdm maat, stupid single letter mistypes in macros. but everytime my adrenaline was flowing around pretty much :D

[Septimus]

Maat was ninja nerfed some time after CoP came out. Plus you guys had access to better gear and elemental staff prices dropped a lot.

When I beat Maat on RDM (before CoP, you damn whippersnappers), NQ elemental staves were around a million gil each and most of the gear under level 70 was terrible. The only earring with MND on it back then was the Communion Earring and that was another small fortune to buy. Magic Accuracy didn't even exist back then. We had to walk Waughroon Shrine in 5 feet of snow, uphill both ways! You kids today don't know how lucky you are now! Why, when I was a young Red Mage we had to go in alliances to get Genkai items and coffer keys! We didn't have no fancy "Colibri Parties" or "Abyssea" or "Book Burns", we had to make out XP with skillchains and we maxed out at 5 XP per hour!

Anyway, I think my single happiest moment I have had in FFXI was when I got my Ridill, Sweetness. Sweetness and I have had so much fun together over the years.

[Byrth]

They nerfed RDM Maat quite a while after I did, and inflated prices were not just on staves. I used to sell Mannequin Bodies and Hands for 1.5mil. 20 seals -> 1 body -> 1 HQ it staff. In general, people had trouble with it because they were not used to doing anything other than casting Refresh, Haste, and Cure on their RDMs.

[Malamasala]

I probably was happiest around level 62 or so, when I stayed up to 6 AM to get carby mitts, and tank left at start of fight because he got upset and we had to rely on a group of poorly coordinate leftovers. Needless to say my pop was the last one we did, since we had no tank left.

I'd have been moderately upset if I had stayed up to 6 AM and didn't get the mitts though.

[Alhanelem]

Topic: Nothing, because I've never "cried tears of joy" in my life. Which doesn't mean I've never been joyful, it just means I don't feel the need to open my tear ducts to express that joy.

[Vagrua]

For me, it was beating that A Shantotto Ascension Fight known as "Project - Shantottofication" at 75. I didn't really cry tears of joy, but it was still pretty awesome to win after so many attempts at it and the Shantzilla cutscene was epic.

[Rosina]

They nerfed RDM Maat quite a while after I did, and inflated prices were not just on staves. I used to sell Mannequin Bodies and Hands for 1.5mil. 20 seals -> 1 body -> 1 HQ it staff. In general, people had trouble with it because they were not used to doing anything other than casting Refresh, Haste, and Cure on their RDMs.

i casted everything as a rdm, and had staves. by double A.F i mean with in seconds. I was no dead beat rdm in pts I did anything I could. :)

[Septimus]

They nerfed RDM Maat quite a while after I did, and inflated prices were not just on staves. I used to sell Mannequin Bodies and Hands for 1.5mil. 20 seals -> 1 body -> 1 HQ it staff. In general, people had trouble with it because they were not used to doing anything other than casting Refresh, Haste, and Cure on their RDMs.

Back in the day, RDMs had the time to cap everything because parties were so slow, we were even expected to magic burst back then.

And thanks to a certain terrible PLD that used to be on Bahamut, I also had capped evasion! (This guy was responsible for a generation of mages beating Maat.)

[Modoru]

Finally stealing that Instant Warp from that sum'bitch Maat on THF.

God, that was annoying. I got so many asurans to the face.

[cidbahamut]

i casted everything as a rdm, and had staves. by double A.F i mean with in seconds. I was no dead beat rdm in pts I did anything I could. :)

Yes, but did you gear swap?

[Modoru]

Yes, but did you gear swap?

I lol'd heartily.

[Gennadi]

I cried tears of joy when i counted every blade of grass in la thiene

[Myrrh]

I've never cried because I'm not a girly woman and am awesome but the best moment of my FFXI Life was back when I got my YYR. I had lost an entire LS of friends and was ninja lotted. Was some of the biggest drama on Quetz. Well, after all that I had like 36 people help me get my YYR and that was the best moment of my FFXI life when I saw it drop to my Inv.

[Zatias]

I wasn't aware that Maat had a Sekkanoki effect ;P

[Babekeke]

I once read a thread with absolutely no spelling or grammatical errors in it. I cried tears of joy for hours!

Just kidding, that's never happened ;p

[wish12oz]

When that Hosina or whatever person got a bright noticeable sig and stuck it at the bottom of his posts for his signature on SE's forums I was pretty stoked, cause now I instantly know what posts to not bother to read because they don't contain anything of value. Yay for sigs! (reading and remembering names is to tedious for me~)

[Soundwave]

"The Day FFXI Stood Still."

[noodles355]

To be honest most important drops for me have been more of a "well about damn time" than a "omg yes!!!!".

[Visari]

I did not have a "cry for joy" moment but i did have a omgwtfbbq moment after 5 months of camping King Arthro day in and day out, waking up at 3am and sleeping between every window. I claimed many of times to no avail. till one day right before namis was going to start. I had lost ToD over the course of that week but i just happened to check zone and seen the regulars mounting up. So i op'ed out to Ronfaure hopped on my bird and rode out. long story short, I solo claimed and couple of the regulars dropped party and joined with me to help kill it. Finally, after all that time V. belt dropped... it was finally mine, I finally seen that name pop up in my log window and I was so elated. Really words can not describe how I felt. It was mine. All mine. I did not pay for it I worked for it and that made the taste even sweeter. Sadly its not the best anymore and I have moved on to my twilight but back then it was the belt to have. lets not count ninurtas cause lets face it, ppl that killed AV were few and far between back then. Big ups to Foxx. It was your Th that prevailed in the end. To Gradius, my jp friend who i sat with staring out over the lake for months on end. Mitos and Cocotaru, some other jp's that helped me after I claimed on several occasions and to all of MonstersInc for your constant support in my obsession lol. R.I.P. Ramuh! The place where I was born and raised, you will be forever missed. ^^

[Bwelch]

It was 2004, my job was 73 BLM, no elemental staffs, missing spells, and no Gil. A linkshell member gave me her Dark Staff and it made me ('-'*) a little.

[Raxiaz]

Never.

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[Howrang]

Gettin D.chap/E.body/A.body same week when the game was still without Abyssea.

[Boricua]

Maat's cap CS, earned from 6/6 Exp parties, in years of learning how to play every job in the game. Where parties had pullers, healers and tanks, not 15ppl trading in gil to stand by a conflux and warp after a couple hours to go figure out how their new 90 works. R.I.P Ramuh server, and traditional exp parties~

[MarkovChain]

not 15ppl trading in gil to stand by a conflux and warp after a couple hours to go figure out how their new 90 works
and explaining on the forums how they are as much skilled as others

[Reiterpallasch]

It was 2004, my job was 73 BLM, no elemental staffs, missing spells, and no Gil.
Sounds like your average everyday abyssea mage.

[Shadowsong]

To this day, everytime I hear the Prommy or Heaven's Tower music I start to well up a little bit

[Asymptotic]

Maat Asuran'd me for 0 damage. There was an element of luck to RDM Maat if your gear wasn't good or your skills weren't capped (basically, if you got resists), but he wasn't the god slayer that you guys make him out to be. I was using a variety of compromise pieces at the time (like Spider Torque and only Wind/Dark HQ staves) and still beat him easily.

I beat Maat on RDM. Sleep-Nuke method. I think my elemental magic skill is still not capped on RDM 75, all these years later. I went 1/2. Didn't use meds the first time.

Soloed my Testimonies from Ruby Quadav for practice.

I was a noob back then, too. I would RDM/BLU for aht urghan XP parties because I could use Vorpal Blade.

[DaBackpack]

I've never shed tears (of joy!) in this game, but for me I was really happy when:
a.) I beat ACP when it first came out and got me a cheap Hauby body for DRG;
b.) I formed my own non-BLM alliance for Divine Might and we won;
c.) I finally, FINALLY GOT THAT PEACOCK AMULET FROM ARGUS

oh yeah, and getting Hagun too. That was pretty awesome.

[Dragoy]

If I had any tears left... it would be for obtaining the Spelunker's Hat (http://ffxi.gamerescape.com/wiki/Spelunker's_Hat) from the Taisajin (http://ffxi.gamerescape.com/wiki/Taisaijin) after around 40-60 defeats spanning over a year, abouts.

Other than that, listening to Distant Worlds (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpgIAqAjbKo) makes me rather... emotional... due to the memories that it brings up.

[Tashan]

Tears of Happyness? Beating RDM Maat and ACP first time.

Tears of Sadness? Wings of the Goddess ending.

[Clou777]

after a year of camping it..... YY robe :')

[Oscar71]

The day I discovered gear-swapping!

[Kluaf]

Beating a Promyvia Boss ... now its a joke

[Vazerus]

I never cried for this game, lol.

-edit- I was pretty happy when I got my Rajas ring way back in the day.

[Sp1cyryan]

RDM maat fight was only hard if you lacked the HQ staves, good gear, and skill.

Sure there is a small element of luck, but 30 times is, yeah...

[Yamimarik44]

Probably the times I've shed tears of joy for FFXI was when I beat CoP RIGHT before the first nerf. Watching the final CoP CS had me convulsing and crying. Getting my first 75. Beating RDM Maat(my first limit break fight). Finally obtaining my Bahamut's staff(after 2 years of trying to obtain it.). Getting full SMN Relic, the night I finally got my Summoner's Horn. Beating the entire storyline of CoP/RoZ together in Apocalypse Nigh. Finishing up to at least lvl 85 on my Hvergelmir. Unlocking and falling in love with BLU from lvls 1-95. Finding out guys could be DNC's because all they would advertise before WotG release was girls in DNC AF and demoing females fighting in the field. I've had a lot of very special moments with long time friends long gone. FFXI was and still can be an emotional break out for me. I slightly miss it, and yet I hardly remember it. So goes the bad times, and so come the good times.

[Saiken253]

When I beat CoP(pre nerf)/Zilart/Aht Urgan, falling in love with SMN(however broken it is :']) and all of it's storylines, obtaining full Ares and Marduk(back at 75 cap), obtaining jtorque/yyr/Okote(1/200+....)/Mkris, and the greatest of all for me(a dream ever since these were released) Apocalypse.

Others include all the awesome/fun/epic times i had with my friends... The game had so much personality

[Tsukino_Kaji]

RDM maat fight was only hard if you lacked the HQ staves, good gear, and skill.

Sure there is a small element of luck, but 30 times is, yeah...Had HQ stalves, top gear and capped skill. Never beat him. It's ratehr impossible when Maat, as a rdm, will triple WS you with only 100TP. Yes, that's WS 3 times in succession ala meikyo shisui. He would do this every time with out fail.
So I finished off sam and handed his ass to him.

[Teraniku]

Beating Chains of Promathia.

... Before the Promyvion nerf, and just after "no loss of XP during missions" patch

[Merton9999]

When I finished Wings of the Goddess missions. Why WoG? Because it was my last set of story missions and I realized I'd never have to sit through another enormous boring CS in this game again. Incredible joy there.

Other than that, RDM Maat victory here too. Uber fail on attempt 1. Attempt 2 he was at 50% and sleeping and I had just converted and used chainspell. Then I DISCONNECTED. I quit for a month, then beat him on my first try the first day back. It was more relief than joy though really.