What was your first day in Vana'diel like...

[arlais]

I remember starting with a hume F warrior named Elenya. I watched the opening cutscene with a wide jaw, and selected Bastok to start with, since I was under the impression that the Bastokan ring was a bit lame, but in true FF tradition would somehow become absolutely essential. Wrong. (And I got made fun of because Bastok always came last in conquest for years.)

Then I spent around three hours wandering around Port Bastok, wondering what was an NPC and what was a player. Finally, I managed to get out there (or rather, in there regarding the mines...) and attempted to do a low-level nation mission without a map. I got lost. Really lost. Eventually, a white mage came by and I asked for her help, becoming pretty close to her. She gave me a pearl for her linkshell, and I really started loving the game.

I remember treating a sapara she gave me as a gift from god; because I had 500 gil to my name and couldn't fathom why the drops I was selling from bees and sheep were going for practically nothing. I remember getting oneshotted by goblins in dangruf wadi with her, provoking mobs in a d00ns pt and not doing anything whatsoever until asked (thinking that was what a warrior did) and reraising immediately after a goblin killed me in the dunes.

...I was a real handful back then. Sadly, the white mage was actually a guy which wanted an online relationship in return for showing me the ropes, and I changed server. I believe he's quit the game now.

[Birdkiller]

A hume male in Sandoria named Diomedes, THF was my starting job. Talked to the NPC's in the intro cutscene when I found out I could type during it. Didnt know how to move and was stuck in place along with 2 other new people asking everyone nearby how to move. Finally started moving, went outside, fought monsters, found an orc, had no concept of agro and upon inspecting it out of curiosity, it ran to me and lopped off my head. Found a quest to do, got a subligar in return....

[Yopop]

I think when you start out in this game everything is kind of exciting i remember my first NM

Spiny Spipi

I killed it on accident because I had no idea what a NM was and i still was iffy on remember to check a mob to see if its skill was too high. I remember I killed it and then a little brd ran up to me and started cursing at me for killing it lol

He said he'd been there for hours and it was his

I told him I had no idea and said sorry and he told me he was going to report me next time lol I just thought what a dbag and ran away

[Samunai]

it made me realise i had SOOO much to learn and i ended up a month later for the 2nd time online lol. since then i got online almost every day

but yea... it was so damn new to me. i hated the keyboard walkign =( so now i have a gamepad /rubs gamepad

[Samunai]

I think when you start out in this game everything is kind of exciting i remember my first NM

Spiny Spipi

I killed it on accident because I had no idea what a NM was and i still was iffy on remember to check a mob to see if its skill was too high. I remember I killed it and then a little brd ran up to me and started cursing at me for killing it lol

He said he'd been there for hours and it was his

I told him I had no idea and said sorry and he told me he was going to report me next time lol I just thought what a dbag and ran away

hey i had the same occasion lol. but with me it was some hume thf lol..... i had no idea what a NM was and... i never saw this NM ever after :P sadly tho... been 4 years now lolol

[Registeel]

After days of waiting, my copy of FFXI Ultimate Collection arrived in the mail and I started 'er up. I chose Hume male face 8A because he reminded me of Samurai Jack. Picked Warrior to begin with (seemed straightforward and simple to start with), and emerged in the streets of Bastok.

I had already been arranged to join a linkshell (they had recruited me to play by advertising their group on an imageboard), and the leader met up with me and gave me a pearl after I completed mission 1-1 (the 360 version conveniently came with a mini-guide on how to do mission 1-1 for each nation). And thus I ran off and began killing bees and worms. I recall laughing at Quadavs' appearance, then learning they aggro+link, and got put in my place plenty...

I also fought my first NM, Tococo. I had heeded my shell's warning to wait until I was level 8 to fight it, and I won. I even got the Armiger's Lace drop! Unfortunately, Tococo's poison beak effect KO'd me right after I said "Hooray I got the treasure!".

Fast forward almost 4 months and now I am a level 90 Paladin (proud to say I got to 73 without having to touch abyssea, though I should've tried to get higher without aby), and am leveling an alt character to boot. Not to mention, I'm now co-leading that linkshell due to the previous leader leaving the game. Funny how things work out.

[Babyj]

Experiencing ^_^d

[JagerForrester]

I remember waiting forever for the game to download and update so I can play. When I finally finished my character creation, I found myself in Port Bastok with my mom saying, "Time to turn it off." NOOOOO!!! So I turned it off and went to bed.

I'd tell you more, but the OP asked what my first day was like. Unfair.

[Fayez]

My first day was around a week ago. Bought the game in around 2004 but I never got round to installing it and it got packed away in a box, and when I finally found it again I didn't know if i should get 14, but XI is where I ended up.

After choosing my race and my class as a thief I ended up outside a big gate in Bastok, It was pretty cloudy if i recall and was really confused on how to move, so i was pressing every button on my keyboard trying to get my person to move. I started talking to every NPC I could find and ended up in my moghouse, which really shocked me because I wasn't expecting to have a little house with my own moggle (but I was so happy about the fact I found a moggle, almost felt like i was 15 again when I found them on FFIX).

Anyway I work out how to get the map up and found my way to Bastok Markets and explored a bit and found the Goldsmiths and AH. I talked to everyone in the Goldsmith, but I was totally confused on how to craft anything so I went to look for someone who could help, but I ended up finding the NPC who explains parts of game to you and sends you out to start leveling up.

I started them and pretty much got hooked, I saw a few people but didn't talk to them, but it's coz I'm never sure what to say. After 3 or 4 days though I finally talked to someone and learnt how to make copper ingots and after I made one i was so chuffed. I will say its hard getting Gil and improving equipment, but i find it adds to the fun

[Macrom]

Started my first character "Snoogins" on Alexander 2004, A Taru warrior in bastok, had no idea what i was doing. Started killing worms in Z. Mines getting lost cause no map lol. Miss the good old days.