Whoa, a polite newbie!Follow

I’d just gotten back from Dunes last night (leveling my PLD) and was selling things at the BM auction house.

Suddenly I get a tell from someone: "You have a second?" (Great way to start a conversation, BTW.):)

I say yes, and he asks me how long it took me to become a Paladin.

"My play time is about 10 days 5 hours, that's with 12PLD, 30WAR, 15MNK, 10THF. So it's not too bad."

I turn around and /c s the guy, he's brand spankin' new: level 1 warrior.

"Thanks, can you tell me how I get out of here to kill things?"

I was impressed that he took the time to politely ask questions. I ran him over to the guard, and showed him how to get signet. He had a few more questions; I Informed him what signet does, told him what to kill, and told him to collect the crystals in stacks and sell them at the AH. Then with protect and a couple of Mithkabobs he was on his way.

I was trying to reward him for being bright and polite. If you encourage the good people then they might stick around, and the community just gets better. ;)

... That's what my husband thought. Since then - Morrowind Expansion, Baldur's Gate II, Dues Ex - Invisible War, and another game that I can't remember the name of, but you're some sort of avatar coming to earth before the end times (or something. ;)

NOTHING will ever beat the noobs that come up, and I $%@$%$ kid you not, open a trade window, and THEN send a tell saying "items plz". Like...whoa. I don't even know how to respond to that. I've had this happen 3 or 4 times.

I haven't encountered any beggars, but I've had many people ask me about the dragoon quest. As much as I like to help them, I wish I didn't. :( We don't need more dragoons. Of course, I say this now, but when I get lvl 50+, I'll probably be trolling ghelsba to help them kill the poor dragon.

EDIT: 10 days? pffff

25 days 12 hours and some change... lol I have no life. :[

Edited, Thu Jan 29 13:53:40 2004 by rrn

lol 35 days 15hours and change..guess i have even less of a life :P


Valinos
42 Paladin
Shiva

keep being surprised that people is polite.. that means you arent.

I was going back and forth from mog to AH and someone sent me a tell. They were trying to sell something.

However, they were not shouting it, spamming, or anything. They sent a tell to me specifically, as I was the right job/level for it, and some of my armor wasn't upgraded. They made it clear they had a set of a certain type of armor that they desperately needed to sell, and would sell at a deep discount. They showed me the armor and set a price, which he insisted was negotiable. I had no idea how much it was worth so I asked to check the AH. He was very nice, and waited. It was a good deal. When I went back he almost insisted he could sell for less, but I gave him everything I had on me (7 gil shy of his initial asking price). I was delighted to do business with him, and would gladly trade with him in the future.

Patience, etiquette, and complete sentences will get you far in this game.

When I was brand new, running around trying to figure out how to hand in my adventure coupon (my first 'trade'), I was supremely frustrated with the logic and was unable to complete the trade. I hated to ask for help, but, after 10 minutes or so of trying to do it myself, someone happened to go by and examine me in passing so I used the name to send a (very polite/humble) tell to that person asking about how to execute the trade. She came running back happily - and spent another 10 or 15 minutes with me trying to figure out what it was I was doing wrong. We finally managed to get it working (I had not been clicking the box before I tried to select from the list). Before she left, she also gave me a pugil scale, which I tried to return (having no clue what it was for, and thinking I should be giving her something - not the other way round). I think she left because I wouldn't stop thanking her LOL. At any rate, I told her, when I 'grew up' I would like to send her something for her kindness. She said .. "when you hit level 5, send me something pretty." This elephant never forgets .. so the day I turned 5, I sent her my whole collection of fire crystals - which was all I had that I thought was 'pretty' and it was considerable (for me anyway since was still struggling for finances at that time). I will never forget her kindness and patience .. and I hope the fact I kept my promise .. small as it was .. made her smile that day too.

One day when I was barely level 4, along came a nice rdm who said .. come with me to the Horotuto Ruins and we will do your first mission. I was taken aback, having read that I should be much older than I was to attempt that. He took me all the way there, protected me, instructed me and ensured I stayed alive and completed the mission. I thought that was so sweet of him, and thanked him profusely. He called on me one day to try to help keep him safe while he hit an elusive level. I managed to get him killed unfortunately .. but I will keep helping him if he ever needs it for probably many levels to come.

The other day, I was lying face down in the dirt in the Horototu Ruins, after having tried for about the 10th time to reach the mahogany door, thinking about the long run back. Before I could hit the Return to Home Point button .. along came a nice Japanese player who asked if I needed a raise (before I could even respond because I realized she was Japanese and was fumbling through the translator for a really polite thing to say - not just Yes .. where IS the Please button anyway?). She raised me, sat there with me for about 10 minutes, offered to take me to the door (I refused - I wanted to get there myself even if it took another level worth of trying), and left me with a melon pie when I handed her 500 gil. I had no idea it was worth practically all the money I had given her. I am now addicted to melon pie (darn her anwyay LOL), but, if I grow ingredients she needs for her high level crafts .. believe me, I will ask her if she needs them before I will sell them.

The above stories are my 'feel good' .. 'people are wonderful' stories .. the ones that made me feel welcome in FFXI and have kept me there. When people are polite .. magic can happen .. and it is white magic. :)

Reminds me of a time.....

A new player is standing near the conquest guard staring at the zoneline in San D'Oria...

Player: /shout how do I leave town?
Player: /shout can someone help me go outside?
/tell Player>> Press forward
I see him zone
Player tells you>> wow thanks man. Does that work everytime I press forward?
/tell Player>> ..well, it does if you are standing in front of the zoneline ^^
Not 5 minutes later in W. Ronfure
Player: /shout how do I get back into town?


And when i do try to help people....

In Jeuno…
Player: /shout can anyone take me to nog?
Player: /shout can anyone take me to nog, will pay.
Repeat once every 10 seconds
/tell Player>> Just a heads up, its called Norg, not nog ^^
Player tells you>> STFU noob, im going to be a ninja



Edited, Thu Jan 29 17:33:18 2004 by Jowaa

Now I know that this isn't to much on topic with newbie stuff, but I guess it does when it comes to advanced jobs. I'm a bit of a completionist and I was waiting for my friends to catch up to my level and was in the mood to get all the advanced jobs. So I was trying to do the Samurai quest and was waiting in Konschtat Highlands politely sending tells asking for help with the NM there for the Bomb Steel. After not having any luck for almost an hour and neither my LS nor people on my friends list could help me out I send my last tell to someone passing through to see if they could help me out. Lo and behold this 55MNK/THF sends me back a /tell saying that he would. So he comes to my location and helps me defeat the NM and aquire the item. Thanking him profusely I pushed my luck and asked him if he would be so kind and help me with the rest of the quest. He agrees and we jump on chocobos and head to Zi'tah Sanctuary. When we get there another member joins up and we head to the location of tree for the quest. Then it happens, my noobness comes out, turns out that I do not have a hatchet needed for the quest, DOH!!. Well what does this Japanese character do? He says wait here, turns on flee and runs all the way to Mhuara and picks up a hatchet for me. Needless to say I was very appreciative that this Japanese player not only helped me with the quest but had the patience to run and get an item that I had forgetten. After spending the next 5 minutes thanking him in every way available, with the translator and some japanese phrases, I set off and completed that quest.

Now that I have all the advanced jobs, I have committed myslef to help as many players with theirs. If you are on the Carbuncle server and need help with and advanced job, send me a tell and I'll help you out if I am able. I also belive in the concept of "Pay it forward".

I always try to help those newer then me as long as they're polite about it.

When I started out, I was so lost and scared, and I wandered through the Zeruhn Mines blindly finishing mission 1. For mission 2, I had no idea where I'd go, and I wandered around Bastok and sat next to the moogle (was a week or so before xmas) to gather my thoughts... A kind young man came by, whom I thought to be new as well, and I was as polite as can be with him. I don't like being rude, even to rude people. ^^; He offered to help me with mission 2, and ended up revealing his high level. He then helped show me where to level for my current status, and Pleveled me a bit since I had been wandering for days still on the same level and without a clue where to go, lol. He gave me gil and armor and said that he was helped by a high level Japanese player for weeks when he first started to play, and since he can't return the favor to him he wanted to do it for someone else (kinda like pay it forward ^^). After that, if I saw some polite new players, I'd do the same. Even if I was still low. I gave some gil if needed, or an extra armor I had gotten as a spoil... Of course some turned ot to be jerks and I regretted it later, but for the most part its paid off. I now know a lot of people that help me and help eachother, some lower than me, some a LOT higher than me.

And I see all the rude people being left behind still wondering why no one wants to help them or party with them. I do try to help them still, but they are just more rude about it so I excuse myself. :P

Oy.... my goal for this weekend is to level my fishing some (from it's pathetic rank 2) and get some much needed cash.

Normally this would mean that I find a quiet part of the city, grab some insect balls and my trusty rod, with a cheap rod as a spare.... just in case... and practice my enhancement between casts.

Since I just got my Choco that has to change. Normally I do my niceness duties running between towns. Since I'm not going to do that as often I figure I need to plan to fish 3/4 of the night and then walk out the door... over to N Gusta by the bridge... and do the less profitable fishing there so that I can prot and cure the newbies as they struggle to level for the horrors of Valkurm (gah I hate Valkurm...)