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This is quickly happening to my linkshell, a lot of the old people are leaving and that bond that I had with the linkshell is dying.

Good story though.

That's it...I've already posted a link to this in our LS forum. I'm going to start making weekly LS "adventures" to get these people out of the levelfesting and out once in a while...

Perhaps this will learn em good how to use sneak too!

That story reminded me so much about first starting out, and exploring with a friend of mine, who turned me on to the game, first learning the ways of the game, and exploring. The feeling of aquiring our first LS, we were going to be famous. Eventually we got another LS and we lost our luster for exploring and questing. Same situation you get greedy with the experience and you forget about the things you once loved, I eventually left that LS and joined one with another friend. Today I just came back, and the words "Welcome Home" have new meaning to me.
Remember when everything was new and exciting, when even dying didn't bother you. We all remember the first time we saw an NM, and probably got destroyed by it, did we fret, some of us, but most of us looked at it as an experience we needed. I wasn't playing when Zilart was released, but you can be damn sure I will be exploring the new areas, in CoP. If it can only reflect those feelings I had when I initially began playing, when everything was fun, and when everything was new, it will renew my love for this game.

i agree, i dont like the idea of dwelling in the past either. but i do like to remember and cherish memories of things past. also, i know that FFXI is a game, and i have said this before, it is also my escape from the real world where i can do things with a different set of friends and just be care free for a couple of hours.

i, as well as others, did think this was a sad story. i also, as well as others, seem to have the same thing beginning to happen to me in game. a LS mate that i met in the begining gets to a certain point and all he seems to care about (seems like) is how fast can he get to this point, or how much money he can get in competition with everyone else.

i started MetalMilitia on Fairy so i could find a few friends, numbers do not matter to me, to do things with to make the game more enjoyable and actually care and make friends, not to race to the level 75 and 1 million gil mark. i hope that everybody who plays this game reads the post. i think that if everyone looks deep there could also be lessons in RL to learn as well...

It was a really nice story, but come on. Enough Japan worship. Did you read it? Did you understand it? The story was most of the people (JP!!!) ended up becoming leveling machines, and weren't appreciating the other aspects of the game. It doesn't have anything to do with Japanese and American cultures because both cultures do it- and this story specifically highlighted JPs doing it.

But anyway, it was a great story and it also made me envious of the JPs. I hope that with CoP I'll be able to enjoy some of the newness to the world that the Japanese were able to experience early in the game. Imagine: Someone was the first person to set foot in Jueno, wondering what the hell to do. Someone was the first person to get a Chocobo- someone finally stepped foot on all those airships they watched fly around the world, weeks, if not months, after they started the game.

That's really cool.

When I first joined, I was very lucky to meet Aerik, an elvaan who had a goal of starting up a LS based solely on people willing to help each other, and have fun in the game. When he left, I took command (somehow... o.O) of the LS and continued it until the sad part when I left for a few months and the LS fell apart.

When I came back I was very lucky to still know a few people rfom the LS and joined another LS just made up of a few RL friends. All we do is craft, explore and occasionaly level. We have a blast.

I don't miss exploring 'cause I still do it on a regular basis. I sometimes just sit out in Behemoth's Dominion to see if i'll be treated to seeing large LS compete for the King, then kick its ***. I will go to Xarcabard sometimes and just sit and wait until something cool happens. My current exploring goal is to litterally knock on the Shadow Lord's door :P

It's also very comforting to know that I still got a lot of friends out there, always willing to help me out thanks to our previous experiences together ^^

i read the story again and again, and every time it gets me. especially the lonely taru whm at the crystal part... /cry

/cry
/cry profusely

He is a Japanese player who leveled to 58 before the expansion. This game was out for like a year before the beta even hit NA.

This story made me remember beta so much. Nebulus, Uncwjoker, and (among others) most especially Nikko (my little Swiss Army Pocket Nuke). When I finally got the retail version, Nebulus hooked me up with a world pass and that is how I came to be on Kujata. When me and Nebulus first hooked up, we were going after skulls in the Dunes. What a nightmare it was to hunt those damn skulls, but me and him formed a pretty good friendship out there in the sand.

I miss Nikko (BLM Taru) the most. We used to go all over the place together. He was higher level than me, and he tried to PL me in Ghelspa - that was fun.

The friends I have made on this game are what keep me coming back.

-t

When I first started playing I wanted to level up faster...why???

I hated seeing people thought I should level up fast so I could heal better..and raise people....

I grew frustrated and annoyed.....the raise ability seemed so far away....then through a hideous logging out glitch I lost my character that was halfway to raise....

In the time I had spent I had learned that I did not like to party...that I preferred solitary yet slow hunting and levelling...

My linkshell owner asked me one day ' why do you rush to level?? why does everyone? ' I gave my reasons....and she nodded and understood a little...but I saw she was right...I started to slow down..not rant if the gobbies spawned and killed me dead...sure I lost some XP...but I could get it back....I kept all my synthing skills and abilities...just had to farm and hunt and gain some XP...that's all...

I have found some truly beautiful spots...they almost feel secret...my synthing skills are levelling nicely and I am learning to relax..and to just enjoy this game...

Artifact armor and level 75 will come...but until it does I plan on enjoying the journey...

this is a very engaging post...i hope more and mor epeople read it and learn the lessons it holds for life inside and outside of vana'diel

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Im left pausing..trying to find the words to explain the depth of emotions running through me as I read that post. Unbelievable post, it must be read by anyone who believes they are truly immersed in the game as well as anyone who feels they have lost the "adventure" we all came here seeking. That post truly describes in one form or another the birth, death and rebirth of many Linkshells I am sure.

Wow. Just... wow. Amazing. Makes me want to cry.



That touched me.



That is SO sad /cry
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