The more things change, the more they stay the same. Part 2!

[thistlechaser]

Still reading posts from my first month of playing FFXI. Some of the more amusing (or foreshadowing) ones:

From a post made 20 days after starting FFXI. Hey, at least I stayed true to my likes! :p

"It's odd, but my game focus really could stay on crafting things. I need higher levels (job-wise) to make crafting easier (if I could ride a damned chocobo I could get between cities so much easier!), but really: Once I hit level 25 (so I can use the raise spell), I'd be happy enough. (Though those teleport spells at 36 could be good money makers, too...) I'd much rather get to level 75 in fishing than in white mage'ing."

And a couple days later:

"I was looking at a new craft this morning. Leatherworking. See, I read that you could make the fishing clothing yourself, and I paid so much for mine, so I figured it would be a profitable thing to learn." (Ha ha ha. *snicker*)

gbeans, this is from a post written just days after starting. It'll probably be the same reaction to your new hat that you'll get from other newbies.

"OH OH OH! And I saw a guy with the coolest hat-thing! I was too impressed to even make a screenshot. He had a sabertooth tiger's "head" on his! Its fur was nearly black too, so it looked soooo cool! Oh, I want it! It had giant fangs on either side of his face! I bet it must be something rare, because I never saw one before... (Dollars to donuts, I couldn't equip the darned thing even if I owned one, but I can still wish for it!)"

And yeah, I do still want that hat! (Need to check if DRKs can ever wear them...)

loneguardian, this is from a post after I'd been playing for exactly one week. And shut up in advance. :)

"Last screenshot: Too bad it was dark out, but look how cool Dragoons look! So purple! I love it."

And for loneguardian and kelen, it's kind of funny to recall that there was a time that I didn't know who Draque was!

"A much better and more productive day today than yesterday. It started with loneguardian, myself, and (someone else whose name I forgot) changing jobs and going out and beating on things." (I recall that buying the one piece of armor and the sword for that trip broke me! It's amusing to read about how little money I had!)

...it's still not 5 PM yet, is it?

Comments

[kawaru.livejournal.com]

I remember a time when I didn't know who Draque was either. I knew Aurian almost from the very start over a year ago when we were in Twilight Warriors with Yosari(and the legendary Nattsumi who would pop in rarely, kinda odd). Now that I remember this, I miss having Dewclaw(Dewclawaru) in the game. ; ; Ah, ignore it, you don't know him. ^^;

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't know him. Sorry!