The Ghost of Noobdom Past.Follow

I started out as a RDM in this game, didn't realize that you could get armor from the Auction House or NPC's to wear. I thought everyone else with different armor paid a lot more for their game and that was why they had better gear. Thus causing me to wear my starting armor till lv 9, by that time I was kindly mentor'd by Hiest (r.i.p.) and educated in the ways of the Auction House and what farming meant ^^b

I too also thought all /anon people were either Japanese or uBer high levels

I thought the M icon by people's names meant that they had lost their moogle and were trying to flag him down O.0

I remember going to my first ever Linkshells homepage and seeing pictures of Tahrongi Canyon and thinking that was a place only Lv 60+ players could go...


Ahhh the memories ...

Well, I started out the game as a Warrior a while back. I figured it would be an easy class to get through the early part of the game as. Of course, wandering around in South Gustaberg, I occasionally fought a Rock Lizard ... and invariably died of Plaguebreath. Well, I'm a bit stubborn at times, so this happened a lot. Well, maybe more than a lot.

Finally, after my 50th death or so, I decided I needed some way to survive that stupid move. So I started looking into antidote prices, and promptly decided that buying antidotes wasn't the best idea. And of course this was pre-subjob. So then I looked at Poisona, and {Hmmm.} WHM only.

That's right, I changed to a WHM/nothing, so that I could solo lizards in South Gustaberg better. Then again, by the time I got back to playing as WAR, I had learned enough about the game that I knew what I was doing. So I guess there's a good side to every stupid noobish decision we make. Or at least, I can pretend there is. ^^

Actually sir you win the Honorable Mention Award for kiting the mob (or attempting to at least)
I still employ this technique when I am soloing certain jobs. Keeps the mob claimed so no one else can take if from you and lets you regain some health and still whoop it and send it home crying to mommy ^^

Ah... Noobdom..

-I too was a Rdm/Thf.. though I never did get any flak about not subbing a mage job till after my 30s when I started subbing Drk ^^;

-I got lost in Windy for three hours trying to find the exit to fight. Yep... three hours.

-Welcome to the Yughott Grotto Orc Train. All aboard. We're at least 30 orcs strong and growing. First stop, poor party that was in the way while I was lost trying to escape >.<

-Hey, let's accidentally Dia a leech and not say it was me >.<;

-Soo... what does touching this thing do?...

-This doesn't look important. *toss* *checks out AH two hours later* It was worth how much?!

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Wow, Rdm/Thf is some popular combination. Add me to the list as well! =)

-- As a Rdm I had only dia until lv 6. After dying to the 10th rabbit I gave off one PO'ed shout in town. then someone showed me how to get to the magic store to buy cure (and stone!).

-- 30 inventory space is not enough for stupid rabbit hides!..whats that? you can stack/sort them out in your inventory? oh.

-- Selling stacks of fire crystals for the going AH FEE and then getting 10 bux back in the MH.

-- Also thinking the AH was like ebay I looked at the price history and "outbidded" people for such items.

-- /anon = japanese players =P

Edited, Sat Dec 4 19:21:28 2004 by Haoooooo

I remembered when i thought West ronf was the only place i can go as a lowly blm and that all other places were scary. I remembered going to selbina at level 8 with a crazy party and got killed.. Then got raise by a 50blm/25whm and i continued on my path. I also thought fire spell was a cool spell when i was level 13.. Ahh the memories!

Hmmmmmm lets see...
-Sold all of my crystals and stuff to NPCs
-Not knowing what the AH was.
-Thinking the AH was like Ebay.
-Didn't get my first weapon til I was around level 5(started out as a monk).
-Thinking that getting to level 20 would take forever (I wanted that damn chocobo license).

-I was a Rdm/Thf too :D
I still AM!! (but only when I'm farming or soloing, LOL)

-I'm guilty of thinking I could make Thf/Rdm work.



That's highly amusing. I did the same thing, but not quite as long. Finally finding my way out to an exit, I died in a few fights, and wound up back where I started.

-It took me weeks to figure out what all those colored dots above people meant.

-Having never played any MMORPG before, I had no idea how a macro worked, or how to make one, until I was at least in the dunes, the first time.

-I came into FFXI expecting Rdm to be something like the one from FF1. I was very wrong. It is still always going to be my favorite job. The first time I ever saw a Rdm in full artifact (Asheron, I never forgot), I was permanently hooked.

-"How do they get those cool red and green arrows around their words?"

-<Teleport Holla> "WTF getto, even in Final Fantasy" :/

-(I'm stealing Laurelen's line hehehe) "What's a Tom Tit Tat?"

-I did NOT know how to /heal for my first several levels. LOL

I nearly pissed my pants the first time I heard the noises in Gusgen Mines (trying to find someone to help me get my skull).

And then a train of roughly 40 bones came charging at me.

Speaking of which, I didn't know you could get the skull from the dunes.

I didn't find out about the <stpc>, <stnpc>, and <lastst> dependant commands until very recently. It's a good thing I wasn't leveling WHM. /blush

I threw my first crap apron away, because I didn't know what it was.

I also have thrown away Beastman Seals.

And run around mobs trying to dodge them.

I very very nearly bought an onion swd before realizing I had started the game with one, it just wasn't equiped.

Asked an LS I was in what BCNM was like 5 times because I kept forgetting.

DIDN'T claim Leaping Lizzy the only time I've ever seen her, because I was in a hurry to somewhere else and didn't know she dropped... well, you know what she drops.

I thought 10k was a lot of money, and 100k only something level 70+ players could ever hope to accumulate.

My first pt was an alliance in Palborough with levels ranging from 3 to 7. 11 ppl total. Trying to get fetich pieces. We went to the basement... (this was actually a lot of fun)

Didn't understand linking for the longest time, and didn't have a good understanding of how to avoid links when you pull for even longer. I killed (or nearly killed, can't remember) Eleusynia this way.

I used a shell shield. on an Elvaan. Yes. I know. I didn't know at the time.

I was terrified of going to the dunes to pt.

It took a long time for it to occur to me that spamming voke every 30 would lead to better hate control. I was almost out of the dunes before I thought of this.

I was so eager to get my choco license that I stared at the screen doing nothing but waiting for each day to pass.

Tried to melee an EP slime. Died a HORRIBLE death.

Tried to solo my Kahzam keys at level 24. Died many many horrible deaths.

Attacked what I thought was a sheep at level 17 on Konschtat. It was a Ram. It ate me.

I could go on and on. In fact I think I just did go on and on, so I'll stop going on for now.

For the longest time i thought that when you input your auction sell price it was instead to pay for your put up for auction tax. >.>

I still miss those 3 gold ores that sold for 300 gil each. ;_;

God, I subbed THF to 30...

I got in a fight with a real life friend too. He kept yelling at me to level black mage, but I just wouldn't listen. When I finally hit thirty, I whipped out sneak attack for the first time.

It did fifteen damage.

I left the party shortly thereafter to level black mage.

heh... i was never really a newb, i played my friends game with him for a while XD

but i ran around monsters to evade their attacks..

threw away beastmen seals...

couldnt do mission 1-1 for windy cause i couldnt find the right tower...

was a thf/rdm, and still am a rdm/thf, suckas...

Aaaaand, thought the "M" mentor symbol meant like, master. and that the bazaar symbol meant they had a linkpearl sack

Well I started as a WHM and happened across a very good first party in the dunes, so partying was never a problem for me. BUT:

--I too thought bazaar icons were pearlsacks. I also insisted on my boyfriend buying an LS because I thought "good" players were in linkshells.

--I knew the AH existed but thought it was too complicated to learn, I could get by without it....but wait?! monsters don't drop gil????

--I ran around to try and dodge during fights as well.

--Tried to avoid macros as long as possible. Thought the format was confusing. To this day, when I level whm, I just have one CureII and one CureIII macro, I use F1-F6 to target. Has just always been the way I've done it...well, in the beginning I spammed Tab...but that got obnoxious in more crowded areas.

--My very first character was on Titan, she lasted for 2 days and 1 level, allowing me to run to Jeuno, set my homepoint, and realize I was stuck. Since I had no money, I ran the warehouse quest in Sandy, swearing to do it over and over until I made enough gil (before the fateful Jeuno run, of course).



I did "grow up" very quickly in game. Having been a game nerd for a long time, I catch on pretty fast. I read the websites, did my homework, and was able to get pretty decent at the game before needing to get my subjob.