FFXI MEMORIES (Pete Dorr Edition) - Happy Console Gamer
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- Final Fantasy XI Online memories! Pete Dorr and Johnny sit down and continue their All Gen Gamers discussion about their addictions!
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Johnny is so excited he can't contain himself. FFXI was indeed a magical time.
My memory:
My character named "Noob" died in the dunes and luckily someone shouted for a raise.
Raise at for Noob please.
Random shout "dont call the dead guys noobs please!"
Reply "Hes really named Noob!"
Reply "ohh ok then lol"
LOL!
wow that's nice. Normally people just laugh or ignore
Hilarious#
Late to the party, but I noticed people don't shout for raises anymore lol.....
@@monsutaman1 ha they do on Wingsxi private server lol
I'll always have a soft spot for FFXI in my heart, so many good times ☺️
I've been waiting forever for this video. I wish I could have played XI when it was new...
Passion is exploding from these two. Never played the game, but I can just feel how great it must have been by how they talk about it. Diablo 2 was the closest thing for me. I played that game so much. I had a 96 javazon, a 93 barbar, and a 91 zealot. Pretty much maxed equipment.
I played Bard from 2003-2007 and I main bard in FFXIV since release, so no waiting on parties for me! XD But FFXI had a feeling to it I've yet to feel with other games, you guys hit the nail on the head, everything, EVERYTHING in that game meant something.
I played Everquest (PC) for years and it's uncanny how similar some of your experiences in FFXI are to some of mine from EQ. Corpse runs, trains, grinding for hours on end for exp and gear. The comraderie with other players. Ah the good ole days.
I can relate to you guys so much lol. It’s super exciting when you meet someone in real life that actually played XI. It feels like such an obscure game even though it’s a successful MMO. I went to hang out with a friend one day and I saw her boyfriend playing XI and we were both freaking out because we were so excited to meet another person who played XI. Went home that night and transfered to his server lol
O M G. Im almsot weeping seeing this. So many hours, so much fun. First run in the city, first rabbit kills/bee kills, the run from San d'Oria/Bastok to Jueno, getting killed by a battering ram, Dlvling, the dunes, the ship, "Looking for party", your first linkshell, endgame, thiefs knife, kraken club, camping, HNMs, all the lolz at the camping zones, DRAMA, a online flirt. Take me back, if only for a day... Greetings from the Diabolos server. Quit back in 08/09
Someone needs to make a time machine. I would love to do it all over again. Great memories and made some great friends.
I could relate to so much of what you guys said. The pride you felt when people would immediately ask you to join their EXP party as soon as you logged online or the moment a piece of gear dropped to you that had a 5% chance to drop...so exhilarating. The good old days when Nyzul first came out or the time a Defending ring dropped when fighting king behemoth. Good times.
You guys reminiscing about the old FFXI is exactly how I reminisce about the old MapleStory. It was addicting, you needed dedicated friends if you wanted to run party quests (dungeons), rare drops were actually RARE (and you were praised if you had such gear), dying took so much hard earned exp (didn't de-level you, but still sucked compared to the tiny % you lose now), getting to lvl 30 took as long as it takes to get to lvl 130 nowadays, I could go on forever... Basically how it is nowadays is how Pete described how FFXI is nowadays.
I can relate to every single topic they discussed. Such memories. The game was so hard that every single achievement was an amazing sense of accomplishment.
The hardest and "grindiest" MMOs are always the most rewarding.
Dragon quest
Is there any game that is similar to the kind of experience that Johnny and Pete are taking about that is a single player game?
it's sounds fascinating, specifically, travelling taking ages through treacherous lands and grinding for difficult item (I love grinding)
deetsitmeisterjd dragon quest
Apollo DA yeah, which one? Because they are story focused with a limited world, especially the older ones.
I presume The most similar is 9? If that is the one that's online, (not the mmo)
deetsitmeisterjd play 9, 8, 7 and u will probably love the series and want to play 4, 5 , 6
Lol Leaping Lizzy FTW I have been able to get a total of 20 pairs to drop for my LS. SAM/THF combo was the perfect combo to get things to drop all the DPS Def and Drop rates. Scorpion Harness was still a perfect item for end game for the accuracy at end game. My god why are you guys making me remember all this.
Your FF11 addiction video was the first video of yours I saw. This is a cool follow up to it.
Johnny you trip me out, your excitement is contagious
I was a DRG on Asura which had 2.4k at peak and 1.8k off peak. if you were to /sea all there would only be around 60-80 DRG on at any given time and only a handful would be 50+ so whenever you seen a DRG run past we always used to /salute each other. It was camaraderie at its finest because we all knew that people who mained DRG didn't do it for the prestiege but only because they loved the job
I've never been more addicted to a video game as I was to FFXI and no other game has ever captured me since
come back private servers are poppin!
@imaginelol8045 horizon was the last server I've seen get hype but it's died what private server you talking about?
@@BnsJns i mean theres 2k+ players on thats far from dead lol super far.. also no dualboxing on Horizon so thats a lot of real players, but theres others, "CatseyeXI" pretty popular and also a newer one coming soon "Eventide". Depends what you are looking for!
A++ video. I was manager in a videogame store, and we had access to beta FF11 back then. Got addicted to the difficulty quickly, even thought i probably liked nothing about the game. The challenge of getting even small amount of gils (money), the unforgiving loss of xp if you "try", the almost impossible items to get, waking up, at 3 o'clock in the morning with some linkshell friends to camp "Malborger" (The malboro that gives the item 1/3 for monk's brown belt), being stuck at CoP early missions until they unlocked them at 99, etc. I've played almost all mmo's. When i meet ex linkshell members irl, they always have this special look in their eyes meaning "I know, i suffered too, but we were together".
While I now consider myself to be retired from the world of M.M.O.s after having played several over the past 15-20 years, F.F. XI is the only one that, when I think about it again, still gives me the "itch"...
FFXI Nostalgia club! I`m a member too! I think I played it for about 8 or 9 years...
That was a legendary AGG episode.
ffxi back in the days on ps2 n xbox 360 later on were magicial days THERE IS NO GAME LIKE FFXI NOT EVEN TODAY it was and still is the best
n still going
its funny, ive never played this game, but the sheer passion that you guys project for this game makes this video extremely enjoyable.
man seeing these guys so excited for the game makes me wanna try ffxi
AZNAZN same but I'm sure is not the same anymore
AZNAZN it might not be like the old times as far as exp parties...but the zones...the music...the enviorments are all the same and worth seeing
Yeah the experience will likely never be same and it's really not just being old school/OG pessimistic. The game has changed so much that you would never get the same experience from the beginning of the era.
Johnny and Pete were one of the first UA-camrs I subbed to back in 2010, and it's so cool to see them still hanging out and chatting about games, just like the older days of the community and when Johnny was still on the All Gen Gamers!
Great video. Thanks for sharing.
28 years old back then?! That means you are about 40 now! You look really alive and young.
I had my addiction period at about age 24-26. I stopped MMOs for a long time, because I couldn't control it. Now I play it every day, but I can manage life and MMO at the same time (finally).
I think you could safely play the game again without getting sucked back in. The nostalgia will at max last a week. You'll be able to go through these old areas and see the sights and hear the music, but it will be deserted.
When I played more recently, it was sad seeing so few players. But in a way, I liked wondering through these areas by myself.
My more recent visit back to the game, the big memorable moment for me was visiting the area in the jungle near Temple of Uggalepih. I felt like I was walking through a memory. It was very surreal. But in that little visit, I was able to feel that immersion again. I just said to myself "I'm going to visit my favorite old areas and put this game to rest". For several days, I seriously just wondered around, occasionally hunting old favorite NM's, doing nothing but reminiscing about the time I played the game. I would recall wonderful memories of times with friends. The experience was enough to make it worth it to come back, but I didn't feel obligated to stay.
I've watched so many videos of people gushing over FF11 and talking about crazy experiences. Hearing these stories and seeing the excitement just light up people's faces, it has me fascinated with this game and wishing I played it in its golden years. I was an FF player back then, but was heavily invested in 10 & 10-2. (I had excess of 1000 hours concentrated into just 2 individual playthroughs, don't ask me how) Plus I was deeply opposed to subscription-based games/services (and still am for the most part). To this day, the grand total of my MMO experiences is a 10-day trial of WoW back in 2005. I played basically non-stop for those 10 days and then stopped cold forever. But hearing these stories about FF11 makes me want to get the game and play on the private Eden server in hopes of experiencing some of the magic I hear so many talk about.
The Nasomi Server for FFXI still has the 2007 content. It's setup to the same patches that were ran in CoP.
Wish you did more of these
I swear you 2 need a show together your chemistry is amazing
y'all need to add another 28 minutes to this conversation. it was too danm short :D
If your still alive half a decade later, i agree with ya i loved this
@@hellodarkness5644 yup, still here. :)
Level 99 BST here. I loved that job so much. You could solo back before every job could solo. You could help diffuse mob trains back before they despawned. And you got to do your experience leveling in very unique places where most parties never get to explore. It was a terrific and challenging job. I played for years, and honestly Black Mage was my first main to 99, I also had Red Mage and Corsair and Samurai leveled up. And even though Black Mage was probably my favorite overall, I had such a great time and wonderful nostalgic memories playing BST. It's very close to my heart.
I started in 2004 pc. Stayed current for most of years til 2014. I still play on and off to catch up on gear, see whats new.
Never found a game with jobs like sch, blu. My scholar is so much fun doing unique things. And i taught so many players. Great times.
I played in the good ol days of FFXI in 2004 and I miss those times! Over the years I have played FFXI on and off since then. I currently am playing the new FFXI and I love the changes. I don't have the time to level in parties. While it was great at the time, I am loving exploring the world at my own pace with my trust npc group!
SO they've taken the Multiplayer out of MMO?
i love listening to u guys talk about this so much! i was hooked on WoW for 4 years when it first came out, and i can really relate to your stories! (although ffxi seems like it was crazy hard in many ways, like getting guides to get through areas etc). love it! and no one can tell u guys to stop talking in this vid, compared to that podcast hehe!
Man, I'm just starting Final Fantasy and hearing these stories and peoples passion for this game is cool as hell. The fact they did so many sequels all the way from back in the 8 bit era just shows that I've got some shit to look forward to. Im really exited. I started FF on NES yesterday. Spent like around 3 hours on it. Def gonna go back n dabble. Gonna start 2 n 3 asap. Not gonna limit myself to having to complete each n every one except some maybe. Could have started with PS1 version of FF but I wanted to keep it real. Played it on my NES classic. Great vid guys! Love how u put Pete Dorr Edition lol awesome....pete we know u escaped from UA-cam to start a family but u need to comeback, not really just how I think sometimes. These great UA-camrs u see disappear I always think that. They've escaped and there becoming normalised :p which sux but yeh its necessary in life but def comeback bro, so much generic crap on here now. I watch all old vids tbh. Most vids I watch are old. Anyway, I'm ranting, PEACE
I came to a point where I had 2 accounts just to power level the other. I ended up with 2 Beastmasters at 75 and duoing anything at Incredibly Tough was a joy.
I hope there is more parts to this at some point, that was a good video
Also , black mages and white mages working as taxis was awesome!
Amen. Because teleport and warps are privilege not a right.
I totally forgot about that. I leveled up White Mage so I could get a few tips by teleporting people out of Jeuno... 1k free money for 1 min of my time? that was awesome
I wonder if these guys tried FFXI on Horizon private server. I think they captured the 75 era pretty well.
Me and a buddy started playing there about a month ago and after the initial learning curve we're having a blast.
@@HoopleBogart Nice, I just got my Ace's Helm from King Vinegarroon!
look up Nasomi server and relive the nostalgia from COP/TOAU era :3
Do you really need to make multiple accounts to advertise your shitty server?
Justuas I only have one account, this one, it's been active for years.
it's not my server, over 400 people play on Nasomi at peak times.
nice try though
Nasomi is the best of all pservers for XI!
I stared with EQ1 while in the Army. After leaving the Army I started on my PS2 Day One. No job = TOO much FFXI. I Loved this game. I can't imagine playing this game while in school, holding a job or having a SO. I still dream about the music...:)
Great memories! Summed up perfectly Johnny. This was the closest game to capture the feeling of Dungeons and Dragons. The game was truly a world in itself. Anyone remember Skill-Chains?
oh god the nostalgia from hearing you guys, i'm downloading the game now i will spend the crysta i had there and play for a month
Marlboro MPK! God I miss MPK trains in Qufim. *sigh* those were the days, and we didn't even realize it at the time.
Yep. I get tears just thinking about it. Fond memories.... *sniff*
I started in 2002 on ps2 and played off and on for several years. My names was Leverton on the Caitsith server. I got to level 71 or 72 Paladin. I absolutely loved this game and it creates such nostalgia reminiscing about it. Great memories.
Evkimr of Shiva server , been off and on , havent been on for 2 yrs..but i miss it dearly...i hope to go back soon on pc
I can't believe i quit this game ten fucking years ago! It's still so embedded in my brain!!
I remember my LS trying to get a R/E weapon (can't remember which) and a load of gilsellers showed up. I stood on top of their party, spamming every animation that I could to hopefully get them to lag into losing the NM (some kind of bat), including curing their tank. Unbelievably, as a Black Mage, I drew hate at the last possible moment with my cures; my shock spikes actually killed the NM and we got the drop. What an evening
{Galka} {Penta Thrust} {Do you need it?} {Thanks for the offer, but I'll have to pass.}
Drops in ffxi were like how I imagine winning the lottery IRL to feel
Bastok represent! When I first started playing FFXI way back at the original NA launch, I was completely focused on getting to Samurai, yet I had never played a MMORPG before in my life, so it took me months to get there. I remember my early Valkurm Dunes parties. None of the English speaking players had any advanced jobs yet, so all my parties were 4-5 warriors and a white mage. Sometimes 1 Black Mage if we were lucky. Those were such carefree days. I was working part time, still living at home, and spent all my free time every day sitting in front of my PC on FFXI. The funny thing about it is, back then I loved it so much, and I wouldn't have traded my time with the game for the world. But today, I could never play a game that hardcore again. I just don't have the time or the patience that FFXI demanded.
I mean, the time effort, and suffering that just getting my SAM AF body piece took alone was insane. It was a coffer chest in the Temple of Uggly (that's that I called it. The Tonberry infested temple). It took so many people helping me to work through that place, check every coffer spawn points, farm the Tonberry for keys to open all the doors just to explore the place to check for the coffer, and farm the key to open the actual coffer. We had to glitch open one specific door and that always caused many deaths, then we had to fight and re-fight the doll that guarded another one of the doors each time we passed through it. I had a level 75 Dragoon friend who was with me helping for 7 hours. She was 74 by the time I got my coffer open. And the hell of it is that the SAM AF body piece isn't even good. It had tank stats on it.
Thank you. I loved that game. Never plyed a game that mattered so much. Stopped when max was 75 and limit points. Maxed 75 and limits on BLM - RDM - WAR - NIN - DRG - COR - SAM. (Quetzalcoatl) Great to listen to you chat about it.
Still playing on Quetzalcoatl from all the way back in 2004 ^^
I use to play on that server. Character name was Demora
I wanted to shed some light on the tower/slime scenario you guys are talking about.
So there is Delkfutt's Tower, which at the top has a Gigas. And the Lvl 60 Gigas NM's on the top floors drop Bracelets (hand gear) which sold for near a million gil for a long time.
On the other hand, there is Ordelle's Caves in La Thiene Plateau. And they had a lot of stairs where slimes would spawn. The Slimes had a lot of RMT(bots) camping them for the Ring than can be crafted into a Snipers Ring. Those rings often sold for 500k to a million gil. It was basically the same price as a snipers ring since it was the main ingredient.
I'm not sure which of the two you are refering to when you are telling your story but the info im giving may help you remember and confirm the exact details.
Haha I remember hearing that All Gen Gamers podcast five years ago. I feel old.
Lol I've been waiting for this video forever!!!
Thanks Happyconsolegamer!
Even though I've never played final fantasy XI, I can appreciate and respect the stories that come out of this game. It just goes to show you that Pete Dorr and the Happy Console Gamer are excellent storytellers.
I will see you all again soon my friends, in another time, another world, another life
omg such a great conversation. it is always this was when u find someone that shared memories with u about ffxi. im downloading Nasomi free to play FFXI servers now. apparently its a vanilla version of the game, join me!
Justin " GWEN " Boston ..... we played together for 10 years in the same guild and he came to Edmonton and met me and went snowboarding and friends forever ...
I can see the love for this game from you guys. True vets of of FFXI
I always wanted to play FFXI back in the hey day but it was really cool hearing about how hard things were. I definitely had similar experiences when it came to the first 3 years of WoW compared to where it's at now
i want this game to live again so bad. I go back and play whenever they offer free time. Its just changed so much its hard to justify paying monthly. - played on ps2 release. 9 years.
I have been playing XI for 16 years now & my fondest memory is beating maat as SMN, great vid.
Two UA-cam legends! Great episode guys, you should do more episodes of you two just talking
this is so weird just yesterday i went back and re listened to that episode ....such a classic AGG moment!!
Shout-out to in-game ffxi heroes! I'd like to thank the several majestic whm who threw raises on my corpse for no reason but to whm. And the guy who attacked the goblin smithy at the kazam zone and called for help so 30 of us lv26s got to gang beat some revenge out of it. It was glorious victory and we all cheered!
The Peacock Charm was from Argus (slime NM). That game was too emotional and great. The tough times made it worth conquering. I still remember complaining when they announced the patch to despawn zoned mobs. No more goblin trains on n00bs. RIP FFXI.
Loved FFXI, no experience can compare to playing FFXI back before Abyssea era. I lived in San Doria close nearly ten years, it was home.
Johnny was talking about sniper's ring, dropped from Stroper Chyme in ordelles caves! I remember, I had to google the location name though! No one ever went to ordelles except for that drop.
PS: One day i'm totally gonna buy you guys drinks and reminisce about FFXI. I've never met anyone IRL I can tell the stories and experiences i've had in that game!
Johnny, you have a great personality and disposition. Keep up the good work!
I played Beastmaster and it was awesome. We were way too busy soloing it up and trying to survive to ever say hi to passerbys. And yeah, it was a ton of fun to join a party as BST and prove ppl wrong about BST abilities to be effective in a party.
God this was really fun to listen to. I love FFXI but only got to experience it when it was already almost a decade old. Still, BLU for life.
the feels i get when i hear ffxi !
Dammit Johnny, I wish you played long enough to do COP before it got nerfed. I would have loved ur commentary on it. As hard as the regular game was back then, COP took the difficulty to ridiculous levels. To this day, I am so proud that I was able to pug the whole thing pre nerf. The music, the deaths , the victories have stayed with me to this day. I still get chills when I hear the promvyion , sacrarium or phomium aqueducts music. The feeling of elation the first time I saw sea or when I beat the final boss and got my Rajas ring. Damn what a great game!
Assault Jerkin was 3 ACC and 18 ATT. Even at the time it was camped it was only a WS piece. Just FYI. You still TP'd in Scorp Harness.
i could sit and talk to you guys for 1000 hours about this game lmao. i played up until recently over 390 days playtime this game was my life for so long :D
FFXI will always be my favorite game of all time.
I had NIN, RNG, WAR, PLD, DRK, BLM, RDM all LV 75 on Fenrir server.
Played FFXI for about 4 years, but I hated leveling, so I only got as far as getting my White Mage to level 64 I think. I tried a few different jobs but White Mage was it for me. Started off as a Warrior, but very early in the game I assumed that my friend who played a human was from Bastok. So I wanted to go surprise her by walking from Sand'oria to Bastok. I had no maps, I had no idea what I was doing. I ended up in the dunes, I found a boat, took it, and there I met someone that made it clear to me I wasn't going to Bastok...She was a white mage and helped me get to Windhurst where I'd be safe.
Turns out my human friend was from Windhurst anyway so that worked out great. That day I decided I would not go back to Sandoria till I was able to ride in on a chocobo (cuz at the time I thought that meant success). Eventually made it back to Sandoria, on my chocobo, I hated leveling but I loved helping people, so I used to spend most of my time just going around looking for people to raise or heal, I'd hang out in the dunes a lot healing people. Well, when I wasn't playing Taxi for people in Juno (had to make a living somehow).
I've been playing WoW for much longer now, but, I made real friends in FFXI, friends I still talk to, our linkshell was very fun. I've met a lot of interesting people on WoW but there isn't a single person that I'd consider a real friend, they've come, they've gone and I haven't cared, but our little FFXI group still keeps in touch. I hated so much about that game, yet it truly felt like I was that character.
My buddy and I created our accounts and characters on FF11 for the first time last night. We didn't get to play much and the controls are mega confusing, but I'm very excited to learn the ropes and finally get to play this!
This is a game I've always wanted to play since I was a kid. And I know I know, it's nothing compared to what it used to be, it can be solo'd now, I get it. But I would still love to try it, I still want to try and get what I csn out of it and see what roots are left of the first Final Fantasy MMO. And more than anything, I'm excited about the story! I know I've got hundreds of hours ahead of me, but my goal is to get through the entire story, expansions and all.
loved that game , i remember i was one of the top sams in my server, to the point that when i was playing 14 one day, some one stoped me and asked if it was me from 11 lol , was so cool to be remembered in another game , because of my name .
Miss this game so much
Man FFXI, the most amazing mmo community I've ever had the pleasure of being involved in. That first run to Jueno my god, seeing a malboro as a taru....... Scary stuff lol
I never played 11, but I played Everquest for the PS2 (which was mentioned in the video), but everything you guys said about 11 is 100% accurate to Everquest too. Man I miss it so much.
Great video! I still haven`t completely kicked my crack(FFXI) addiction, 2004-present lol.
The game has obviously changed a ton since the glory days and the population is not what it used to. Still, the Asura server is usually fairly active. If anyone wants to jump back in, or try this game for the first time, I`d definitely recommend Asura.
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There are plenty of people who play still. There are still around 100,000 players between all the servers.. Abyssea xp pt's don't exist anymore, and grinding to get job points feel like old xp pt's since you have to skillchain and magic bomb. to kill mobs fast enough. I came back to the game in April and have been loving it.
Did you take account mules and multiboxers.
Safiry Productions 100.000? where? when? every day on sylph theres no more of 400 player online, prolly we are 7-800 if we all login, so i think its the same on the other server and if we pick them all 10.000 player in the end? hoping in a mega world merge and make only 3 server for the final FFXI era, before the end.
@@cedeking3855 Asura has over 2900-3100 players on at any given time. The last subscription numbers were around 110,000 subs. That's more than 99% of mmos out there
@@tjtower well im happy to hear this, my comment was about more than 1 year ago anyway and in 2017 Sylph was really empty.
Great game I played the ps2 version for a bit a couple months or so than I switched to the 360 version I had a hell of a time thanks for the nostalgia boys.
I dunno, you held my attention for 30min... more more!!!
I really loved final fantasy xi, i used to play on ps2 and then played on pc and it was so much fun.
wow the memories... your talk of trains reminded me of the days in Crawler's Nest.
This was me with Dark Age of Camelot. What an under appreciated game! I can't believe it's been 15 years. Albion forever.
i played the game for maybe 3 months at release date for the PC version, and i was addicted to it like no other MMORPG. what made me quit was the wait time to get a party. i was a lvl20 paladin and i had to level up in that icy mountain area... qufim island? i waited more than 4 hours and just quit. i also played WoW for around the same time and in a way i wish i played more of both WoW and FFXI, because i never got to the end game of an MMORPG. i always had the thought in my mind that i can get the same sort of enjoyment out of something that is less time consuming.
This is me but with world of warcraft. I actually dropped out of college to play, no regrets. Seriously best part of my life so many good memories. I am surprised Pete didn't play WOW he seems like the type
I am dying to play wow but have a addictive personality, that coupled with the fact I already pay a monthly sub for ff14 and play it at end game my life would be in tatters if I were to join up
Chaos if you have an addictive personality then stay the fuck away from WoW. Seriously. That game will suck you up and high-jack your brain.
I have faint memories of this game but I do remember waiting for the notorious monster Lizzy something that dropped boots that I think made you run faster so EVERYONE was camping her lol
JOHNNY!!! what episode of All Gen Gamers is it where you and PETE talk about FFXI all podcast? lol btw thx for leading me to a new channel to watch. lol at first i though the said LJN gamers lol had to watch this video 3 times before i got what you was saying lolz
For anyone still interested ep 82
Such an incredible game. Sadly I couldn't play as much as I wanted due to high school and parents but I was able to play in my college years when aht urgan came out. The game changed a little bit but wow what a fantastic era. I feel as if the game died down when WoG came out, changed too much. If only the core of the game lasted more than just a few years.
My fondest memory would probably getting the Moldavite earring drop after camping for hours against tons of competition. There were a few players in my LS that were extremely helpful and always did things for others.
Another memory would be beating the last of the zilart missions in sky. We had all of us BLM spamming thundaga III. It was so much fun. My sky linkshell was incredibly fun as well. It was friendly competition with the other LS too.
The best part about the game is how friendly the community was; constantly looking to help others. Games and people like that do NOT exist anymore
My friend and I still talk about this time where we tried to explore Pso'xja when it first came out. I mean, if you've ever played FFXI exploring any new area is pretty terrifying. You never know what aggros or how it aggros.
So we fall into this room with a chest in it, and I needed to reapply sneak and invis to me and my DRK friend. I start casting Sneak and all of a sudden i start getting destroyed by something. The chest in the middle of the room was a freaking Mimic that aggros casting.
I remember we were freaking out and screaming, and we tried so hard to kill it but we were quickly losing that battle. So in the end I decided to teleport us out. RIGHT as I finish casting and start to load out of the area, I watch as my DRK friend dies and falls to the ground as the screen fades to the black loading screen.
Good times. :)
I was a Beastmaster! Started as a black mage, then a white mage into a beastmaster. I was playing with 2 of my brothers and one of their wives. I'd call them on my home phone then call the other so we could talk. But then when I became beastmaster I'd stop calling because I was too busy getting familiars and leveling up in insane areas! Lol sometimes they'd run into me in a party and I'd be alone and would type how cute a party. To my own brothers! I must have stopped around the same time as you because I don't remember puppet master either. Lol I remember my first day playing, I was sick of killing bunnies and worms and I ventured way out and started attacking an orc, I was a black mage level 3. Then a magic using orc showed up then 3 more! I was in their camp and someone must have previously wiped the area out. Man I remember running for what felt like an eternity. I had 20 of these guys on me. Then I see the gates to Sandonia, I think, and I zoned in SAFE! I was standing around 30 players and then a few seconds I just crumpled over dead. Not only that everyone at the time was pretty low level so I was responsible for like 15 deaths. Everyone was typing in all caps. I just slowly logged off afraid that they'd figure out it was me who rained death down on them.