I left FFXI back in June. It was intended to just be a temporary retirement, but seeing as my account has been cancelled for over 3 months now, I'm sure my character is gone and there is no way I would ever want to go back through the trouble of Genkai and AF collection EVER again.
My fiancee and I were the holders of our LS, so we had to have a LS meeting to let them know they would need to get a new LS (since my fiancee was leaving never to return). Since it was only meant to be temporary for me, I didn't give all my things away, but I did "lend" my newly purchased Dark Staff (which was awfully expensive when I got it) to the one person who had helped me the most in the game. I hope he's still enjoying it, but I am totally psyched for both WoW and EQ2 and I will NEVER go back to a job that disguises itself as a game (FFXI).
Funny, I wasn't really angry when I left, more sad than anything else, but as time went by I have grown to hate FFXI more and more. :P