I started playing in 1.XX and it was similar to FFXI, which I had played for years before. I quit 1.XX cause neither my desktop nor laptop at the time could run it. Desktop couldn't run it at all (AMD Athlon 2800+, Geforce 7600GS AGP, 1GB DDR1 RAM), and laptop couldn't run for more than 10 minutes before overheating (I got to level 6 lol).

2.0 comes round, and some friends I played FFXI with join cause they knew 2.0 will be good. We continued to play FFXIV like FFXI until level 28ish when a friend one of the others made did Haukke Manor with us and was like "wtf are you guys doing". We were a gladiator, archer (me), and thaumaturge. Thaumaturge was sleeping everything cause things got pulled in groups. Tank was focusing one at a time (not flashing or anything), and I was trying to kite things that woke up... Yeah lol.