What was the first thing you did in-game?

First thing I did? I guess I loaded up the game and watched the first cutscene.....

Other than that, I suppose I just went straight into the quests. I joined the server I'm on because the server I wanted to join that had a couple of friends on it was full, so I went with a recommendation from a random person I met at the store on the same day I bought the game. Which meant that until that person got on a few hours later, I was completely solo in going at the game. I like having a sense of direction when I'm first starting a game, so I hit the quests......

Before that, I DID take part back in the PS3 beta back when it first came out, but as that was quite some time before I started playing the actual game, I only have vague memories of it beyond being excited that the full game would have the Arcanist class.....

i died the moment i attacked the first enemy i saw (Nannygoat outside of Limsa during 1.0 beta) ^^

I started playing in Beta Phase III for 2.0. After being so crushed when I heard the game was scrapped (1.0) that when I heard they were "re-making" it I was so excited.
1. First thing I did was gather all the quests in Gridania and explored the city. I then decided on Bard and went to the Archer's guild to get started...man those were the days of having crappy armor and being so happy to level off level 1 mobs...LOL.

If memory serves, I joined this game in February of 2014, starting this game on the PS3. (I have since upgraded to a PS4 though) I forget what patch number it was, but it was when Myth tomes were the "in thing" at the time. (Though I didn't get that far until Soldiery tomes were the "in thing") And the sole biggest reason why I even joined despite not being big on MMO games was because a friend of mine urged me to join this game because he's a huge multiplayer fanatic looking for any way to game together.

Who also happens to be a obsessive collector/buyer of everything and will buy a videogame (and lately amiibos) on a whim if it so much as even remotely interests him. He even admits it.

The first thing I did was go where he went (Ul'dah) by picking a job that started in that zone. (Gladiator) And while I was going to explore the entire city at first for quests to get in precious EXP, said friend wasted no time in stepping outside the gates at some point and started picking fights instantly with any monster he saw. I remember my very first day on this game quite well in this regard, as I already had to save his rear from biting off more than he can chew. And I was only starting the game myself! This marked the first of MANY times I'd save him throughout the whole game.

To this day, that hasn't changed. Take my eyes off him for more than a few seconds against monsters in the open world that are merely at this level, and he'll die. Against overworld monsters. Repeatedly. (lol) The fact that this happens to him a lot is part of the reason why I remain subbed to this game regardless of it's ups and downs. (Well that, and it's fun to play the game with good friends) Well... and also the fact that I'm the main leader of my own FC, so I gotta log in every now and then just to keep that position.

I watched a cutscene.

Then I think I fought some weird thingy with Thancred. And then I got lost in Ul'dah. My memory is a bit fuzzy.

I started late in 1.0 (1.15ish i think?), but my laptop could not handle the game at lowest settings, lowest resolution, etc. Was on Wutai, then when they changed server names or whatever i went to balmung. I played til like level 6 and quit, waited for 2.0. Didnt get legacy status.

Played in the 2.0 closed beta phases (i forget if there was an alpha test, i was in all of them i think). When 2.0 launched i didnt continue my guy on balmung because my brother and friends could not play on the server. So i made my new guy with the same name on coeurl, the only open server at the time lol, and yeah. First thing i did was main story lol

I don't remember exactly the first thing I did ... but I do recall simply not realizing that the initial area you're in after getting off the wagon is an instanced version of the zone you're in. I remember thinking how quiet the area was, and whether I should be annoyed that the game is underpopulated or thankful that I wouldn't be disturbed by random people running in killing everything they see lol

One of the first pointed 'gunning for it' things I did, though, was complete the FATE's and other summer event stuff so I could complete the whole Cascadier thing going on at the time and have the bikini and all ... because my character is smexy and I know it ;)

Still have that set from 2013! Even though it's offered every year, and now it's on the Mogstation... lol

I played 1.0 from sept 2010.

Since this was my first mmo, i started to kill all in my way, like in a regular FF title. I stood outside of gridania in that little brook between the bridge and the small field just before the camp for at least 1 hour doing battle with repawning rats(?) because i thought they were going to attack me (no icon back then), untill i finally realised all those people passing me by and thinking "maybe i can run by too". So i did and i tested it out with the purple mushrooms (in that small field before camp) to see if they would attack me when close by. They didnt ... and so i got my first "ooooooooohhhhh" moment.

Rolled arcanist. Got placed in Limsa. Looked around it for a bit. Went to arcanist guild. Asked 'is this where i learn to heal'. Someone said no, you need conjurer.

Deleted character.

Re-rolled Conjurer. Ended up in a completely different city and intro.

Was very confused.

First day was wave 1 of 1.0 alpha, I spent 3hrs 15 mins making a character. First testing window was only 4 hours so I got to wander around Limsa/La Noscea a bit.