Do you remember your first time playing FFXIV?

[Azurymber]

LOL I remember doing my first leve as a mrd in open beta. I didn't realize that specific mobs spawned for you and spent 30min trying to attack other people's fungaurs thinking that you had to attack them -right- when they moved. Finally i started another quest and realized a yellow spot appeared on the minimap.

good times :]

[Rinsui]

I remember fighting a goat during a stress test in alpha.
Server Lag was so incredibly high, we kept whacking at it for a whole 90 (!) seconds
before it finally turned and one-shotted us. THAT was the most fun I've ever had in
this game.

[Lienn]

Well, i started in Gridania (was a different character), did the first quest and went out to get camps...my first day was entirely spent getting most camps.

Then i went to do a thing i like the most in this game...gathering!

Ah, the good old days...you guys have no idea how i miss the original game...most of my good memories are stuck at that announcement of new hairstyles, party craft leves and hamlet defense...before the "dark cloud of mediocrity" engulf Eorzea and start rotting every aspect of it...

I want my FFXIV back... ; ;

[OneUp]

I remember being turned into a newt. Then, I got better.

[Petori]

That feeling when I first went to see starting zones; "This is where it starts!". Too bad it ended where it started.

[Sephr]

I logged, I lagged, I logged.

[Chardrizard]

I thought you only nostalgia for a declining/dead game ? Oh wait.. Nvm.

[MiNuN]

I thought you only nostalgia for a declining/dead game ? Oh wait.. Nvm.

LOL, whatever, I will see you on this declining/dead game.

[Gundammeister]

Yep. I bought CE the minute the store opened. Uldah was so crowded, everyone's number one complaint at that time was that you couldn't even find a mob to kill; it's true, it was that packed.

I'll admit that one problem was that I did not understand the game, and apparently had very little patience to understand it, because I uninstalled it after 2 weeks. I'll admit, I was way too indoctrinated into the traditional mmo, where it spoon feeds you quests and gear, and has the same basic menu design.

8 months later, after seeing the new staff activly making changes, and word of a big patch coming up, I started playing again. This time ready for a change in my gaming experience, and apparently a lot more patience, because I now find the game charming.

[Bluebun]

I remember being cheated of my Onion Helm, because I had installed the beta before the retail. I remember a few other people had this happen to them, and just rage quit right there.