Do you remember your first time playing FFXIV?

[Rubicon]

I remember our Lord and Savior Pookie Poo.

Honestly, I remember trying to set controller settings and not being able to target ANYTHING. It got better.

[Kinseykinz]

I remember our Lord and Savior Pookie Poo.

Honestly, I remember trying to set controller settings and not being able to target ANYTHING. It got better.

I remember being outside Gridania, watching the first CS and then when I needed to walk forward and fight, being like 'I don't know how...wth?' and stumbling through that whole scene until i could get to my menu...searching for that and logging out....

Quick drive to best buy for a gamepad and I logged right back in and was set.

Keep in mind, I had a brand spanking new laptop just for the game and reaaaaallly wanted to play even though I never played a PC MMO and it had been years since my Xbox/PS2 FFXI days. I was afraid of the keyboard back then what can I say. (and now it's all I use lol). The gamepad solved my problem (thankfully).

As to the gameplay, once I got in:

I remember 15+btn's all chopping away on the very same tree...I remember making my first friend....and being so sad when he later stopped playing. I remember walking into the market wards for the first time...OMG is all I can say on how overwhelming I found those to be originally.

But I learned it, and I made good friends. I secretly think that is what kept me going. I got overwhelmed by something...or disappointed (really, casting cure on my party won't =SP on cnj but hitting the goat with my 'stick' will?), or was lonely (none of my RL friends, including hubby played)....and everytime, I'd figure it out, achieve something else, meet someone new, have a silly day with a friend, or be able to help someone else, and those early months, even though amazingly difficult and uphill at times, were still fun, and worth logging in for.


I don't miss the beginning phases, but I'm glad I had them...i don't think I'd have my awesome weaver friend who I use to gather mats for by the backpack load, or had a friend i could duo almost anything with to be silly, or even would have been fortunate enough to take over as LS master(old master stopped playing and the LS asked me to step up) and get to know such a good group of people for over 2 years w/o the bad launch. Nor do I think I would have learned to be a decent player capable of holding my own in endgame content. (Leading a LS, and having to be the boss forces you to step out of the 'shy' shell pretty quickly...it also forces you to up your gameplay to keep leading the pack forward)