Me and my friends used that all the time, much more so than the built in emotes. If you don't remember, in FFXI typing "/me says hello to the goblin." would create an emote, in the chat log, that says

"Felix Trapper says hello to the goblin."

Sometimes.. in fact, oftentimes, I want to create my own emote to describe something unique or specific.. but I can't seem to find out how to do this.

I hope this isn't just another brick in the wall of removed features from FFXI ;/

Felix Trapper waits anxiously for an answer.