A shout out to the 1.0 players still here today

[Miste]

1.0 was definitely an experience and I, alongside my boyfriend, played throughout pretty much all of it from the beginning disaster until Yoshida took over and gave us jobs and revamped a lot of the systems of the game and also until the last night where the 1.0 servers shutdown for good.

The game was slower paced, the graphics were very pretty, but I did not have a computer strong enough to really appreciate them to the fullest.

I did pretty much all the hardest content even in 1.0 and some of it was definitely unique and I likely won't forget it.

End game savage dungeons were a thing and they were tough. The Dzemael Darkhold, The Aurum Vale, and the Cutter's Cry we have today are a weak shadow of what they were in 1.0. They required a lot of coordination and time and only if you got lucky you would get a Darklight piece of gear from one of the boxes at the end which was pretty much 1.0's savage raid gear (they re purposed it to the Darklight gear we have now that was used at 2.0 launch as philosophy tome gear.)

A lot of fond memories despite its failings and I definitely prefer where the game went after Yoshida took over and after its relaunch into ARR though, but I can definitely appreciate it for what it was and for the unique experiences.

I do understand where you are coming from because the experience definitely stayed with me, and I even made a few tribute videos for 1.0 of my character and my memories/experiences so if you are interested or bored you can check them out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo9XLLhIKZ8 Just my tribute of my character and story.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEWSBZzva2I This was a tribute to my LS back from 1.0 that we did a lot of content with. My boyfriend and I parted ways with that LS later, maybe halfway through 2.0, but we made some good friends. Not many play anymore unfortunately.

My computer wasn't that great for the game so it doesn't do the graphics much justice though.

I am sorry you missed out on it : ( but at least you can enjoy being with the community now!

[Gemina]

Awesome post and links...

Thanks so much for sharing! My face is a bit destroyed now, but it's ok. I really enjoy videos like these, and can't wait to make my own someday reflecting my time in this game. I'm actually, finally almost done with 3.x, and will see what I can do to make a nice little montage of my time through ARR and HW before proceeding to SB

You are so right though. I can't change the past, and just have to focus on my enjoyment now. I'm glad there are peeps kind enough to make videos like these that can at least give us a peek into older times.