It wasn't just the content that held onto me for years, it was the people. Even though alot of us(me too at times) were dicks we still had fun. We still got together to do things on a regular basis and it was always so lively anywhere you went, well until that blight on the game they called abyssea came along and destroyed the world as we knew it.
I still think that sea was one of the most memorable areas, the first time I got aggro'd by a ufo just made me smile ^^