Thank all you for sharing your photos from the end of v1.

After doing this year's Rising event, I also went back and looked through old photos and videos of that time. And how epic it was!

The world as we knew it was going to pieces. Aetheryte camps were no longer safe. People would teleport in and get slaughtered right away if Atmos happened to be around.


The cities were being attacked constantly. We were capped at level 50 with first generation Relic weapons, often gifted to us by the Twelve. But facing level 70 to 79 and higher monsters... well, it was messy. But we had to protect the cities!


And then frantically running around trying to find the locations with symbols of the Twelve and pray before them, while Imperial troops were invading all of Eorzea...


We knew it was hopeless, but we couldn't just give up.

Despite its flaws, I loved v1 dearly and will cherish those memories forever. It was truly "Once in a Lifetime".