Bidding farewell

[Elexia]

So much this. I really don't know when these good old days were. I must have missed them.

2002 - Early 2003.

[Alhanelem]

If you're bidding farewell to a game, then you should just do it. No one else cares if you quit or not. Posting here sends the message that you're coming back, in fact probably later today- Who the heck quits the day before an update?

People who quit and announce it on a forum always come back. The only people who really truly quit don't make announcements about it.

[Runespider]

Yeah. Effort did not equal rewards before Abyssea. Now it does. That is what I really like about this game now.

A large number of people that get geared in the best endgame gear instantly think they are better players than everyone else and turn into asshats (not all but it seems to taint a lot of people in that way). Thats the only bad thing about anyone being able to get to the top tier when it used to be a very select few, the top tier asshats of old FFXI used to stick to themsleves and hate on the small endgame community as it existed (hnm camps, opposing shells etc)...now it's spread all around to everyone in all areas of the game.

So it's changed from a small group of endgamers hating, mocking and despising each other which was mostly unknown to normal players to a large portion of the entire game being that way.

[Korpg]

[Removed by Moderator according to the FINAL FANTASY XI FORUM Guidelines.]

I love you too, I guess.

[Leonlionheart]

2002 - Early 2003.

as if. If anything the good days were after they starting patching einherjar so you could say **** you to HNMs

[Rightchaus]

/sigh..... I used to be a real nice guy, helping old ladies across the street, and saving kittens from trees. But ever since I got abyssea, its been a non stop train of drugs, booze, women and crime.

I want a bumper sticker that says this!!!!!!!!!!!!

[FrankReynolds]

A large number of people that get geared in the best endgame gear instantly think they are better players than everyone else and turn into asshats (not all but it seems to taint a lot of people in that way). Thats the only bad thing about anyone being able to get to the top tier when it used to be a very select few, the top tier asshats of old FFXI used to stick to themsleves and hate on the small endgame community as it existed (hnm camps, opposing shells etc)...now it's spread all around to everyone in all areas of the game.

So it's changed from a small group of endgamers hating, mocking and despising each other which was mostly unknown to normal players to a large portion of the entire game being that way.

They were always asshats. They just kept it undercover because they still needed things from people.

[Dragoy]

Unfortunate to see you go. Your posts were helpful for the part I saw them at least, and not having them will be a loss. Not that we know each other much, perhaps a shame, but that's what I thought.

If one day you do return, I will be one of those to bid thee welcome back. And if thou do not (and even you do), then I wish you all the best of luck with your future endeavours, whatever they might be! :]


Good luck!

[Atomic_Skull]

So much this. I really don't know when these good old days were. I must have missed them. There were always bad, selfish, rude, leeching, etc. players.

Back in the HNM days I saw people ONLY log-in to lot on HNM drops. I saw leaders and other members treat their own fellow LS members like absolute crap. Linkshells despised each other, and the attacks would often get very personal. There were people who were carried by the rest of the LS simply because they were friends with the leaders. There were always cliques or individuals that never helped anyone but themselves.

What Abyssea did wasn't make people into selfish, greedy jerks, it just made people who were already selfish, greedy jerks not need the rest of us anymore. It didn't turn out more gimps, it's just with the lowman nature of the content the people who thought they were hot stuff don't have as many people to hide behind anymore. The problem isn't with Abyssea, it's with the people.

Too bad nobody without a big megashell or sitting on a few hundred million gil is going to see a lvl 95 let alone a lvl 99 emp lol.

Yes, I love this. Welcome back Tanaka I missed you.

[Return1]

In a year, maybe less, 95 emps will be a total joke. The only reason people are charging so much now is because they're new and retards will pay ridiculous prices to say "FIRST GAIS!!1!".

They're trade able and can drop 1-12 to each member of an alliance. You can also spam the event virtually endlessly.


Also, the reason there seemed to be less douchebags back in the days of giant HNMLS was because you had to have skill. Not skill in pralying the game so much as skill in personal interaction, which is what I miss most about the old days. You had to have some level of respect and charisma to get things done in a timely manner, whereas today you can go out and be a total piece of shit to anyone and everyone and get everything you want.

Hurray for VW however. Challenging, fun fights that require people to work together. It's what this game has been missing for a while now.