Post your most memorable FFXIV memories here, I guess!

Heeeey, first actual thread I've posted here. Please don't rip me to shreds!

Anyways, not sure if this has been done before or not but I figured it would be cool to make a thread where people can share their most memorable experiences they've had while playing this lovely game. It can be anything, really; Raids, random encounters, FC stuff, anything! I just want to hear about some of the memories you all have made during your time here.

I suppose I'll go first and say that mine was my first clear of A12S.

Basically, it was the first savage raid I've ever done and I was honestly super nervous about it. The mechanics looked really intense and I was playing my Scholar, so there was a fair bit I had to do outside of dodging AoE and sacraments. It was also the first raid I've done with my lovely fiance, and he helped me through it quite a bit so; I viewed it as a bonding experience between me and him. We wiped quite a few times (Curse you, defamation and inception!) but... I think around the 5th or 6th time, we finally did it! My fiance (a DPS) was the last one standing with Alexander sitting at about 2% and he managed to limit break and win what should've been another failed attempt. After that, every other run we did with that group that night was successful and I managed to not only get the snazzy healer top, but the mount as well!

So yeah. I guess that's why I consider A12S one of my most memorable experiences in this game, and why I like hopping into A12S glamour farms on my free time.

I remember the first popoto I cooked. Good ol' times.

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Originally Posted by Alucard135

I remember the first popoto I cooked. Good ol' times.

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Hopefully you didn't burn it too much

The shutdown of 1.0 (the eve of the Calamity and the 'second' shutdown when the servers were temporarily reactivated for a month or so) - as utterly broken as 1.0 was, it was an experience to login on the last day with the "Time to Impact" counter edging ever closer to zero on the login screen and the ominous atmosphere in-game, with the errie Dalamud Answers replacing all zone BGM, the darkened stormy weather replacing all normal weather to the point there was no longer even an actual day/night cycle (the sky only lit by that huge bloated scarlet rock hovering above), the Garlean airships cruising menancingly above the citystates and the surrounding countryside, and the constant attacks by high level enemies on aetheryte camps and the cities themselves. And then, the end... booted back to the login screen with the login fields replaced by a link to Youtube for the 'End of an Era' trailer.... and then we had to wait seven months for ARR (or rather, if you were lucky you got a sneak peak in the Alpha and later on the Beta). It was an experience never to be repeated and I am glad I was there to do so. :)

ARR has only built on that. :D

My most memorable ARR moment though would probably be the end of ARR's 2.55 story in Ul'dah. Right in the feels.... And I was left wanting more. Wanting to wring Lolorito's skinny neck and beat Ilberd to a bloody pulp. Wanting to avenge the fallen Scions such as Minfilia and Raubahn and Nanamo. And wanting to clear Enki's name. I spent much of the time prior to HW's launch in Camp Dragonhead, rping my character impatiently waiting to be given asylum in Ishgard and vowing revenge against Loloritio and Ilberd for what they did. It still is my favourite part of ARR. :)

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Originally Posted by Skolarr

Hopefully you didn't burn it too much

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You know it's ready when it stops making noises.

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

The shutdown of 1.0 (the eve of the Calamity and the 'second' shutdown when the servers were temporarily reactivated for a month or so) - as utterly broken as 1.0 was, it was an experience to login on the last day with the "Time to Impact" counter edging ever closer to zero on the login screen and the ominous atmosphere in-game, with the errie Dalamud Answers replacing all zone BGM, the darkened stormy weather replacing all normal weather to the point there was no longer even an actual day/night cycle (the sky only lit by that huge bloated scarlet rock hovering above), the Garlean airships cruising menancingly above the citystates and the surrounding countryside, and the constant attacks by high level enemies on aetheryte camps and the cities themselves. And then, the end... booted back to the login screen with the login fields replaced by a link to Youtube for the 'End of an Era' trailer.... and then we had to wait seven months for ARR (or rather, if you were lucky you got a sneak peak in the Alpha and later on the Beta). It was an experience never to be repeated and I am glad I was there to do so. :)

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As a legacy player I say "yeah, this one!"

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The first Halloween in 2.0 back before glamour prisms existed.

https://i.imgur.com/t9oHzoW.png
It came with a cost.

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Traditional laptrain after clearing Ifrit extreme for the first time. (I won the pony!)

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Uhhhhhh....

I think my most memorable memory from this game is going into a 24 man and being fortunate enough to meet the most amazing group of people i've had the pleasure of meeting. All the alliances were making jokes and laughing making it one of the best runs I've ever done and have yet to experience any other like it. I truly wonder what they are doing now and I was honestly sad when the run came to an end as it meant that I more than likely will never see any of them ever again.

I think my most memorable thing was the very first day. I played around for a bit in the character creator and ended up making a red-haired Lalafell named Rosie. I chose THM and got into Ul'dah, completely lost, having no idea how the map or anything else worked. An AST Roegadyn came to my rescue in the Quicksand and showed me the ropes, how to put everything where it needed to be, and how to navigate the map. I didn't know what AST was at the time, all I knew was that it looked so cool! He was really great and made an amazing first impression on me. Shortly after he invited me to the Novice Network which was also very friendly and helpful, and I think this is what made me end up staying. This was almost 2 years ago now, and I'm so happy I decided to stay. I've had some rough patches, but I have found a group of friends I consider my family, we formed an FC together, and it's just lovely to be around.

To that AST Roegadyn that I can't remember the name of: Thank you for helping me that day. I'll always remember your kindness!

Stepping off the boat into Limsa Lominsa for the very first time. Followed by running around the place getting completely lost >.>
Before then finding my way to Baderon and trying to figure out what the fudge he was actually saying doing all the newbie quests :3

Nest most memorable moment, was hitting level 30 for the first time and getting my very first Soul Crystal and Job :3
It felt so cool to advance into this powerful Warrior with cool new skills!

Entering Ishgard for the first time was also really cool, if slightly annoying (Since I wanted to try out DRK...) so getting to the quest where I could actually enter was super cool. Then finally entering the place... Then running around and getting completely lost >.>

Entering Eureka for the first time. This place that was full of wonder and excitement about being interesting content... Then it ended up being memorable for all the wrong reasons ;_;

The first time I ran The Limitless Blue (Hard), I was knocked off the edge of the arena literally 5 seconds into the fight, and I had to sit and watch while the rest of the party killed Bismark without me. It didn't help that one loser accused me of jumping off the ledge intentionally and told everyone to report me for griefing.

What? You didn't say it had to be a good memory.

Seriously though, it has to be an early run of Ala Mhigo where everyone but me died while Zenos was at about 5-7% and I managed to solo him the rest of the way. Pulled out every stop in my kit to keep myself alive and burn him down. As he went down, I thought to myself - It's moments like these that make me love playing tank. I almost had this experience again on I think an A4 or A8 run as DRK, but sadly couldn't pull it off.

Tanking Coincounter in 1.x Aurum Val as Dragoon
(stun-lock, jump and dread spikes)

Dragoon isn't really Dragoon if it can't dodge with Jump.

I have a few really cherished memories in XIV, but I think my most favored one right now happened earlier today in a wacky o12s party - 6 tanks, 2 healers.

We cleared male and female and progging (yes - progging) Final Omega has honestly been one of the most fun things I've done in this game. The composition completely breaks his Patch and Hello, World mechanics - everything is assigned randomly, from both designated MT and OT and healers getting both greens or blues, to healers getting short and long stacks. The best part? Everyone was still super eager to keep going!

Also from earlier today - being part of the 6 healer, 2 tank o10s run and killing it pretty smoothly.

My other best memory was queuing mentor roulette and being placed in The Royal Menagerie on AST. Partner is a WHM so I just go Noct - shields are always useful. Everyone was new; gave them the basic gist of the major mechanics and go from there. We wipe and restart. Pull again, lots and lots of deaths and end up with only me up, so I show them how to do the mechanics since all of them are watching me and it's past the add phase. Solo eat Akh Morns and keep an eye on the LB bar. Healer LB3. This happens two more times with them saying things like, "omg this immortal ast", "3 lbs wtf." Well, I find myself alone again, watching the LB bar (nearly 3 bars, it's like 2.8) and then Shinryu gets smart and smacks me with the soak AoE mechanic. Touché lizard. Okay, reset happens and the party is apologizing profusely and promise to get serious. We pull - run is flawless. I was never prouder of sprouts. Also got all of the commendations~

Most memorable would be in several parts.

1st when it was the end of v1. Waiting for Dalumud to fall.

https://img2.finalfantasyxiv.com/acc...b82d27f346.jpg

Then it would be to wander around seeking for the deities stones current location because we (FC) spoke of the 1st part.

And to share again, which ended up with group pic around what was the current month stone.

https://img2.finalfantasyxiv.com/acc...cff072703a.jpg

But in a way it would be the whole journey that is my most memorable memory.

(edit for some more context : in v1 there was a quest which made us travel to pray the rocks of the twelves to save eorzea from Dalamud's fall.
FCmate join XIV late HW, so didn't know about the story but was curious when the topic came one time.
So we traveled. Shared the said experience and then came the last pic there ;3 )

Memorable memories... *(pauses to reflect)*

I have several but the one below was quite memorable for me. The image below was the very last time I was logged into 1.0 before Bahamut hit...I purposefully wanted to be on my Paladin job at the very end so I could go out protecting people. By the way this was what the main charcater selection UI used to look like back then

https://i.imgur.com/853V4Vc.png


Also memorable was the very very insightful conversation I had with Gaius towards the end of 1.0 (patch 1.23)... some of his dialogue really begins to chime a chord now.

https://i.imgur.com/HkLoN1b.jpg


Seeing Sensei Louisoix for the last time...

https://i.imgur.com/TL1zw6P.jpg


Seeing the new Limsa during 2.0 alpha test was breathtaking... wait, I BELIEVE we could only access Gridania + Shroud areas during alpha test and then Limsa by beta phase 2 or 3... or 4. Darn it... I forget now.

https://i.imgur.com/CJSSKYD.jpg

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There was a time a couple years ago when I was running Xelphatol with my boyfriend because he hadn't done it yet. I was a Xaela Au Ra and he's a Seeker Miqo'te. We ended up with a Raen Au Ra and a Keeper Miqo'te who were also boyfriends. It was a rare fun and chatty dungeon run.

A similar time, I lagged out in Void Ark and one party member was really upset about it and was super happy when I made it back. Then like a week or so later I was doing RDM duty roulettes at like 1am and got them again and they actually remembered me, and it was a really fun and chill run of Copperbell while they helped a friend level.

The sad thing is stuff like that sticks out so much because the rest of the runs are bad or just boring.

Clearing Thordan EX on the 2nd week of his release only doing PF groups. Honestly was the last last time I felt a real sense of challenge and accomplishment in the game and will probably remain so for the rest of this games lifespan.

My most memorable moment in this game is clearing Thordan ex with my FC after they all died and, thanks to lag, I managed to kill Thordan before his enrage killed me. It was the best moment in this game ever.