Do you remember when...

[User201109011315]

Remember Doblyns?

How could I forget

[Moiren]

Do you remember when there was no configurable key to select the nearest npc/mob?

Do you remember when headgear could not be hidden?

Do you remember when we didnt have keyboard shortcuts to start specific chats (like CTRL+L for linkshell)?
This leads to: do you remember when keyboard chat shortcuts were introduced but CTRL+R selected the last person we talked to and not the one a /tell was received from?

Do you remember when there were no macros (before second beta phase or something like that)?

Do you remember when you had to face a monster to start casting a spell against it?

Do you remember when a levequest difficulty could not be adjusted after starting it?

Do you remember when chat logs opacity could not be modified and we only had 1 chat window?

I could go on... :P

[Mikita]

Everybody has mentioned such good ones already!

My favorites that people have already thought of:
- When we had to repair underwear and it would only go to 75%.
- When we had the yellow or red gear damage icon on the screen almost all the time and couldn't figure out what item need repairs.
- Having to add every ingredient to the list, every single time when crafting. ><

Plus:
- Did you ever sell shards to an NPC for 8 gil a piece because you didn't know what they were for and were totally broke? (but maybe that was just me)
- When crystals and shards were not made from fish?
- When Iron Baghnakhs, many a pugilist's dream weapon, cost an arm and a leg? I broke the piggy bank and paid 1 million gil for Iron Baghnakhs shortly after the recipe was first discovered. ^^;

And a couple of small, more recent ones:
- When standing up from a sitting position would cause your character to do this weird bounce thing?
- When you could buff someone who was crafting, get them to look at you, and kid them to "Please concentrate on your crafting!"

[Zangetsu]

Remember when crafting leves were not sorted by rank?

Remember when you had to choose how many items you wanted to put into recipe box instead of it automatically putting one in when you click on it?

Remember when getting 200-300 SP per synthesis was GOOD.

Remember the first time a toad sucked you in with it's tongue? My reaction = HOLY ****?! =P

[Viridiana]

Remember when r10 locals would send you to Camp Blue Fog?

[Rhylee_Mau]

Remember the mole trains @ Camp Tranquil?

[Sophia]

you had to take 40 stacks of arrows with you for an afternoons worth of grinding

[Akira_Tenshi]

Remember when a PS3 release was actually happening?

[Eekiki]

On the 21st day of September?

Love was changing the minds of pretenders.

Remember when people said :

"it'll get better just wait for closed beta"
"it'll get better just wait for open beta"
"it'll get better just wait for launch"
"it'll get better just wait til after first few patches"
"it'll get better just wait for new team to get up to speed"
"it'll get better just give it a year"
"it'll get better just wait for ps3 launch" ............

Do you remember that the game actually did get better after each of those times?

Unless you're a grumpy grouch like Visch, I bet you do.

[Velhart]

Remember when Tanaka said that he believed that people would like Surplus?

Remember when the game ran off an ATB system? (Alpha)

Remember the laggy stamina gauge?

Remember when you couldn't target gates because everyone was on it? (Alpha)

Remember hitting the 1 button various times to just attack?

Remember when THM's were the best healers?

Remember when the hardest content was Faction NM's?

Remember when guildleves were 48 hours for 8? (Now 4 per 12 hours with stored points, gone a long way!)

Remember people feeling accomplished by finding a piece of armor or weapon that actually wasn't weathered gear all the way up to 15-20?

Remember when the game originally used required rank? (Alpha/Beta)

Remember you only got to test the game for 4 hours? 3 to get yourself situated.

Remember when Fleet of Foot didn't work?

Remember we were not outside of La Noscea? (Alpha/Early Beta)

Remember when high level mobs were were put in inconvenient spots? (Passageway between lv.1 and lv.10 Thanalan zone with ants.)

Remember in alpha and beta, you had no idea that sheep in the lv.1 critter area could one shot you if you hit it?

Remember you had to wait at least 5 seconds before you could switch between Active/Passive mode?

Remember when Dodos were the biggest threat to Eorzea?

Remember when guildleves were the main aspect of the game?

Remember when mages could tank major events?

Remember when SE apologized for letting the game get released in the state it was in?

Remember when "My Little Chocobo" was the best name ever?

Remember when you were in disappoint when you saw the Musketeer's guild, and no Musketeer yet?



I could go on, but this really shows how far they really have gotten in a year, keep up the good work team!