Something Fun and Happy

[Limecat]

I like finding weird little glitchy things like the ground flowers that are floating in the air in a couple spots in Konschtat. Then there's all the environmental changes, like the grapes that grow and ripen over the in-game year out in Rolanberry Fields.

[Jackastheripper]

One of the things that still cracks me up is the body piles SE leaves when your party dies in a BCNM and you time out. Something about all those dead people laying on top of each other makes me giggle.

[Octaviane]

And the piles of bodies in Xarcarbard after a failed Dynamis DL run......back in the day that is, you know level 75. Anyone remember level 75?

Oooh! Another thing I love, the music in Dynamis Xarcabard, I would spend the rest of my life in there just for that.

[Wenceslao]

lol I luv the shantotto's cary experiments and calling everyone total losers, as well as the music of the Sanctuary of Zi'Tah, i love that place, and love most on rainy days or its nights, i like the landscape of a theine plateau, as well as the Ru'Aun Gardens. Prishe always brings me a smile with her energy moving from here to there and i like Lion pose, lol, there are many things i like of this game...

[Jackastheripper]

Ok, so I am in the middle of the mini-quest for the gil bag, and I get to the Crafter Moogle in South Sandy. What I read makes me laugh. He sings "I like smooth hides and I cannot lie, You other moogles can't deny". Amazing! XD

[Octaviane]

Nostalgia time to make me smile because I am saddened about the quality of this game, the new b(g)reed of players and almost ready to hang up my FFXI hat.

I remember landing in Sandy as a new player. Chose Warrior as my first job. New player RSE, Omg! Shmexy! My 2 dear real life friends got me into it, gave me a maple table for my MH and an Amaryllis to do the quest for MH exit to all Sandy Zones. Got invited to their shell, the leader gave me 50k ( I only had 10 gil lol) and told me not to use a sword and shield, EVER on WAR.

At level 20, off I went to Jeuno to get my Chocobo license. Gyashi greens were 4k PER clump. That meant forking out 16k and honestly, I was broke, but did buy the first one to start feeding. A lovely LS member went out to Meriph and farmed 3 more clumps in like 10 minutes or less and sent them to me. I was so thrilled and asked what I could do to repay her. Her response was "pay it forward". I promised that I would.

At level 21, I made the mistake of getting lost in Buburimu in the first beach. For the life of me, even with a map, I couldn't see my way out and ran around like an idiot. Again, a kind soul from my LS came and led me out. I was embarrased to say the least, but never forgot the way out again.

Level 21 again, me and a friend aggro'd 3 Death wasps in Rolanberry Fields trying to pull Midnight Bats. Never died so fast, but oh how we laughed........!

On to Shadow Lord fight for the first time. Don't remember my level, but was still WAR, two friends took me, said you'll be fine................I had barely touched SL and died.............roars of laughter and I got to watch the coolest CS ever. From then on I have insisted on being present at every SL fight so I can enjoy that CS over.

I have tons of wonderful memories of people long gone from the game, being invited to in-game weddings, falling in love with the wedding GM, fighting that eye NM for the Sleepga II scroll as a level 43 WAR (with my shell) and whiffing, the stupidity of selling said scroll for 1 mil gil, then 4 years later, buying it for 800K. The excitement I felt when Kirin dropped Dryadic Abjuration body and it was my turn to lot, getting Byakko's Haidate and Byakko's Axe, getting all of my MNK relic from Dynamis ( I had changed my main to MNK).

During all of my playing time (5 years, 2 years actual play time), I have kept my promise to pay it forward. The experience of helping others has been incredible. Sadly though, these days, you get asked for/offer help and can barely get a thank you. Everything now is me, me, me, anything left over, me.

I enjoy the new content and found a spark of joy today going into Dynamis by myself. I only killed 5 mobs, 2 Militants, 2 Defenders and I forget what the 5th mob was. (slow on DNC), but I loved it! Argute pants, wootz, and a vial of slime juice were my rewards plus I had a smile on my face.

FFXI is the only MMORPG I have ever played, there is no other that even comes close by all accounts, nor will there ever be. I am glad the opportunity was given to me to play by my 2 friends.

Still though, I think it's close to time for me to quit with the good memories intact, and with the few wonderful RL and in-game friends I have and have made. It will be and is a very hard decision to make, but I know I am closer to the answer today than I was yesterday.