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thistlechaserEver since it came out, I've wanted Final Fantasy XI. I've resisted though, all through the months it's been out. Finally, after starting my second week of watching live feed of the game through the official site, I gave in. I decided to get it! Yay!
Or so I thought.
I have an hour long lunch, plenty of time to run out and buy something! I started at Fry's. (Their motto: 'You'll never come back', you say? We'll see you next time!) Somehow, in their giant game department, they didn't have it. That or none of the employees spoke enough English to understand my request. Bah! Grrr! I'll never go back to Fry's again!
With still 40 minutes remaining, I decided to hit Toy's R Us. 'Toys' is in their name! Games are a toy! How could they not have it? So in I trotted, and after wandering around the game section and not finding it, I went to ask one of the clerks. He spoke English, of that I'm sure! How did I know? He was on the phone for *ten minutes* while I waited for him! Grrr.
With two strikes and only about 20 minutes left of my lunchtime, I headed back to work. Then I saw it. Target! Target has everything! How could it not have this one game that's not even all that new? It shouldn't be sold out? ...hey, wow, the road into their parking lot is closed for construction! How strange! How annoying! I parked in a different lot than the one I'm used to, and went in. Eventually I found where I needed to look. No game.
Grrr.
The only good thing about this whole deal is that Target sells popcorn, so I now have some sweet, sweet salty love sitting next to me on the desk.
So I ended up doing what I should have done to begin with: Bought it on line. I would have gotten overnight delivery if it was an option (which I've never, ever used before). It *should* be here on Friday. It better be!
...Back to reading game FAQs...
Or so I thought.
I have an hour long lunch, plenty of time to run out and buy something! I started at Fry's. (Their motto: 'You'll never come back', you say? We'll see you next time!) Somehow, in their giant game department, they didn't have it. That or none of the employees spoke enough English to understand my request. Bah! Grrr! I'll never go back to Fry's again!
With still 40 minutes remaining, I decided to hit Toy's R Us. 'Toys' is in their name! Games are a toy! How could they not have it? So in I trotted, and after wandering around the game section and not finding it, I went to ask one of the clerks. He spoke English, of that I'm sure! How did I know? He was on the phone for *ten minutes* while I waited for him! Grrr.
With two strikes and only about 20 minutes left of my lunchtime, I headed back to work. Then I saw it. Target! Target has everything! How could it not have this one game that's not even all that new? It shouldn't be sold out? ...hey, wow, the road into their parking lot is closed for construction! How strange! How annoying! I parked in a different lot than the one I'm used to, and went in. Eventually I found where I needed to look. No game.
Grrr.
The only good thing about this whole deal is that Target sells popcorn, so I now have some sweet, sweet salty love sitting next to me on the desk.
So I ended up doing what I should have done to begin with: Bought it on line. I would have gotten overnight delivery if it was an option (which I've never, ever used before). It *should* be here on Friday. It better be!
...Back to reading game FAQs...
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FFXI
Date: 2004-03-31 01:24 pm (UTC)When you create a character (at least on the PC, but I bet it's still true on the PS2 version), you can specify a worldpass, and get onto the same server as your friends. (In our case, Midgardsormr.)
I have a cat-girl Monk!
Re: FFXI
Date: 2004-03-31 01:29 pm (UTC)Cool, I'll look into worldpasses, thanks!
I have a cat-girl Monk!
Eee, cat-girl is one of my two choices, but I think I'll probably go for human instead. Maybe! Eek, I don't know! A job is harder to figure out though. I'm leaning towards White Mage (because it'd be cool to be able to walk around helping people), but the FAQ on them said they're a bitch to level up early on. Second choice is a Thief, but the FAQ on them said no one wants them in a party till they hit level 15 or so...
Re: FFXI
Date: 2004-03-31 01:39 pm (UTC)White Mage is a good choice, since they're most in-demand for groups. One nice thing, though, is you can change jobs whenever, so you can experiment by actually playing. Can't change races, though.
Re: FFXI
Date: 2004-03-31 01:42 pm (UTC)Re: FFXI
Date: 2004-03-31 02:18 pm (UTC)Yay!! Thistle will be on Midgardsormr! I was gonna offer a WP, but ya beat me to it. XD I'll send you gil for half if you want~ <3
By the by, I'm Aurian on there. ^_^/ Hume White Mage/Red Mage.
Re: FFXI
Date: 2004-03-31 02:24 pm (UTC)If you don't know what you want to be, I suggest Hume. They're average in everything, so it doesn't much matter. :3 Mithra is good like that too, but I think Hume get more HP... Not sure. I have one of each, since extra characters are only $1 extra a month.
Re: FFXI
Date: 2004-03-31 02:38 pm (UTC)I think I've pretty much decided to go with White Mage, yeah. While it'll be harder in the beginning, I do want to be able to help people (and I already have visions of trying to randomly heal enough to make Japanese people see us a little better!), and I couldn't find another class I liked even half as much (Thief was the only close one). So yay! :)
If you don't know what you want to be, I suggest Hume.
That's what I'm going to go with, yeah. I saw the face/hair I want already! Eeee!
Can't wait to see you online! :)
Re: FFXI
Date: 2004-03-31 02:40 pm (UTC)(And
Re: FFXI
Date: 2004-03-31 05:11 pm (UTC)Re: FFXI
Date: 2004-03-31 05:25 pm (UTC)(And I realized I'd be coming in with the flow of PS2 newbies, which makes me feel a little 'eh', but what can you do? I'll try to be courteous and hopefully eventually folks won't associate me with "p30p13 WOO typ lik D15".)