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This is really refreshing. I recently decided to delete my character and try again on another server, for this very reason.
Im still relatively new to the game, and I was wondering if anyone knew an ls that would welcome a little taru that's barely been outside of windurst, and insists on doing everything the hard way?
World pass not necessary, trial and error work fine.
Im still relatively new to the game, and I was wondering if anyone knew an ls that would welcome a little taru that's barely been outside of windurst, and insists on doing everything the hard way?
World pass not necessary, trial and error work fine.
Bismarck server, Soonernation linkshell (not my choice of name =)) send a tell to Devilsluck, Sheeba or Zyrene if you should choose to come onto our server. Good luck and fortune wherever your travels may take you.
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Edited, Wed Aug 18 14:11:12 2004 by Wickers
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wow...talk about heart-wrenching. amazing story im sitting here in class with my eyes watering. it encompasses life in FFXI to the fullest. at least for me. give the props to the writer and urself for bringing such things to ppls attention.
-Wickers
13 War (HAH ILL LVL SOON ENOUGH BWAHAHA)
-Wickers
13 War (HAH ILL LVL SOON ENOUGH BWAHAHA)
I guess that I am lucky with my linkshell.
One day, when I was level 6, I was sitting on top of a hill in South Gustaberg waiting for my sausage to finish cooking when a Galka came up and started fighting the gobs and sheep. I threw some cures to him to keep him going when a friend of his, another Galka came up the hill. We started during the October PC release, a friend of a friend of the second Galka later organized a trip to do Bastok mission 3 in the Palbourough Mines, and he gave us linkpearls before we left. We were KnightsWhoSayNi. The trip did not go well, we eventually were wiped, but we stuck together as a linkshell.
Then our first leader left, I think he went back to SWG. So someone else stepped up to the plate and formed a new LS, BastokPlayerzClub. Our LS became quite well know across the server, new people joined us, and for many months things went very well. But then people started getting into their 50's. A few people got annoyed by the grind, and quit the game. Others wanted to become a more powerful group, so it was decided that we would make a new LS and get even more people in. But it just didn't fit, BPC was a fun LS that did things together, the new version just wasn't the same. Some of left for other linkshells, I went without for a little while after trying out one or two that didn't work out for me. But eventually the core came back to BPC because no linkshell could quite measure up.
We decided that we needed to start over with a new LS, and after much debate, DownWithPants was born. Although we were (and still are) a small linkshell, we still managed to help with each other's AF and Genkai. Our leader eventually got bored and left the game. We planned on making another linkshell, this time I was chosen to lead, I tested colors we kicked around names, I purchased a new linkshell and was ready to open it and give out pearls. Then another one of our original members left. We though for sure that his departure was the death of DWP, and it almost did, but one of our old members came back, the second Galka who I met on that mountain so many months before, and he brought our leader back with him.
Now I am level 71. I recall Maat's words to me, "Think back to your first day that you ventured out into the Vana'Diel sun, could you imagine where you are now looking down upon the world?" Someone recently asked me about my Linkshell, and I told him that although I could join another linkshell, I could never quit mine. We have been together through so much; my journey to where I am is bound too closely to them. I still have a blank linkshell sitting in my mog safe, may I have to open it.
Call me a sentimental fool if you wish, but my linkshell means the world to me.
One day, when I was level 6, I was sitting on top of a hill in South Gustaberg waiting for my sausage to finish cooking when a Galka came up and started fighting the gobs and sheep. I threw some cures to him to keep him going when a friend of his, another Galka came up the hill. We started during the October PC release, a friend of a friend of the second Galka later organized a trip to do Bastok mission 3 in the Palbourough Mines, and he gave us linkpearls before we left. We were KnightsWhoSayNi. The trip did not go well, we eventually were wiped, but we stuck together as a linkshell.
Then our first leader left, I think he went back to SWG. So someone else stepped up to the plate and formed a new LS, BastokPlayerzClub. Our LS became quite well know across the server, new people joined us, and for many months things went very well. But then people started getting into their 50's. A few people got annoyed by the grind, and quit the game. Others wanted to become a more powerful group, so it was decided that we would make a new LS and get even more people in. But it just didn't fit, BPC was a fun LS that did things together, the new version just wasn't the same. Some of left for other linkshells, I went without for a little while after trying out one or two that didn't work out for me. But eventually the core came back to BPC because no linkshell could quite measure up.
We decided that we needed to start over with a new LS, and after much debate, DownWithPants was born. Although we were (and still are) a small linkshell, we still managed to help with each other's AF and Genkai. Our leader eventually got bored and left the game. We planned on making another linkshell, this time I was chosen to lead, I tested colors we kicked around names, I purchased a new linkshell and was ready to open it and give out pearls. Then another one of our original members left. We though for sure that his departure was the death of DWP, and it almost did, but one of our old members came back, the second Galka who I met on that mountain so many months before, and he brought our leader back with him.
Now I am level 71. I recall Maat's words to me, "Think back to your first day that you ventured out into the Vana'Diel sun, could you imagine where you are now looking down upon the world?" Someone recently asked me about my Linkshell, and I told him that although I could join another linkshell, I could never quit mine. We have been together through so much; my journey to where I am is bound too closely to them. I still have a blank linkshell sitting in my mog safe, may I have to open it.
Call me a sentimental fool if you wish, but my linkshell means the world to me.
Sad story... it's strange how I quit the game a week or so before reading this. Long live Sublimity of Cerberus...
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damn...thats really sad /sniff
in both my LS, we dont do much together anyways-just talk. some of the higher lvl players in the LS do stuff togather but mostly its just chit chat
in both my LS, we dont do much together anyways-just talk. some of the higher lvl players in the LS do stuff togather but mostly its just chit chat
38 posts
so sad... /cry
I always wanted to start a static pt of friends, and make an LS together and do everything together, lvl, craft, farm...ect. But i dunno, things get complicated and you find reasons to break the plans you make.
I always wanted to start a static pt of friends, and make an LS together and do everything together, lvl, craft, farm...ect. But i dunno, things get complicated and you find reasons to break the plans you make.
Written in the spirit of a true adventurer. It makes me miss some of my (mis)adventuring days, side by side with my little buddy, Michiro, the first friend I ever made in this game. Wherever you are, buddy, I hope your adventures are as grand as ours were.
when I got strong enough to run around by myeslf, I started to run around all over the world. Some of the things are so beautiful, and amazing. Most people would just pass them by, which is a shame. I got some great screenshots over time. There are so many great things to find out there in Vana'diel even the subtle stories of NPCs. I'll admit, some of the cut scenes made me all misty-eyed, or fueled my desire to move ahead and see what happens next. I have characters in all three nations, just so I can see what the story is from each of them.
Yes, I've pushed hard to level sometimes, farmed for hours, and such, but I have just as many stories of sitting around in a linkshell group sharing stories of what happened on this adventure or that, or meeting some total strangers on a boat and going back n forth for hours hunting pirates and messing around all the while, or Chitchatting with a mid-level Paladin I met, while we stood out at the gates to the dunes, wiping out goblin trains. I could go on for hours on all the things I've done, but I'd run out of room *wink*. I guess overall, my point is, Vana'diel's not going anywhere soon, stop and enjoy it.
when I got strong enough to run around by myeslf, I started to run around all over the world. Some of the things are so beautiful, and amazing. Most people would just pass them by, which is a shame. I got some great screenshots over time. There are so many great things to find out there in Vana'diel even the subtle stories of NPCs. I'll admit, some of the cut scenes made me all misty-eyed, or fueled my desire to move ahead and see what happens next. I have characters in all three nations, just so I can see what the story is from each of them.
Yes, I've pushed hard to level sometimes, farmed for hours, and such, but I have just as many stories of sitting around in a linkshell group sharing stories of what happened on this adventure or that, or meeting some total strangers on a boat and going back n forth for hours hunting pirates and messing around all the while, or Chitchatting with a mid-level Paladin I met, while we stood out at the gates to the dunes, wiping out goblin trains. I could go on for hours on all the things I've done, but I'd run out of room *wink*. I guess overall, my point is, Vana'diel's not going anywhere soon, stop and enjoy it.
I miss being a noob, and I do want to go out adventuring sometime.
wow, the story was very good, i mean the "Adventure" part of the game is so true. never try to be the best SO fast. enjoy the ride. for me like farthest place i have been is Norq. Ive gone to Khazam 3 times already. and i keep going back, changing jobs. Why i do such is because I dont like partying with a majority of the same people. I like to meet new people and try to get to know them. i've had the game for almost 3 months, and i have atleast 50-60 friends.
Gah... I want to tell my story too!!!
I started out with my two real life friends, Chaahan and Arwin. My neighbor Seishou was soon to follow, after a few graphics updates and a Window's fix.
We stepped out into the Vana'Diel frontier, all proud level one knights of San d'Oria. Kidzukai, the level 1 THF, Arwin, the level 1 WAR, and Chaahan, the level 1 RDM. Seishou and Rekkai, the level 1 WAR and level 1 RDM were soon to follow. Standing in the middle of Sandy together, we talked like fools; staring in awe at the beauty of the town itself. North San d'Oria became like a home to us. We didn't know what a Linkshell was, we didn't know what Power Levelling was... we didn't NEED gil. My friend Arwin came up to me and passed me a Light Axe from a quest. Cool! I thought, quickly rushing to the NPC to sell it. Yay, I had more money then my friends on my first day. Eventually we grew up together, hitting level 9 solo, but still kept in communication. Chaahan spent his days running 'river routes' through East Ronfaure, while me and Seishou slaughtered anything in existance. The Treants in Ronfaure scared me, I didn't know what a party was. I stood far back so I didn't get killed by it in one hit. Arwin slowly drifted away, as a virus took his computer over.
One morning Chaahan and Seishou and I stood in the center of San d'Oria with a great idea. "We're going to Windurst," said Chaahan. Seishou and I looked confused, as we had never been past Ronfaure before. I used to think the Outpost was far... boy was I wrong.
I ventured out into La Theine Plateau at level 9, alone, to check out our journey to come. *smash...smash...smash*. You were defeated by the Battering Ram. Great, I thought, how in the world are we going to get to Windurst with enemies like that.
Eventually we set out, I was the one with the map and gil to get us from San d'Oria to Windurst. We killed a few things along the way. I lotted, because I thought that was the only way to get items. It turned out that I had all the crystals in the end. Looking at the map, Seishou and I decided that we needed to go through Jugner Forest to get to Windurst. For some reason, I had to go; and I ended up abandoning them with no money, no map, and no level 9 Warrior to take the hits. Halfway through Jugner a level 30 Dark Knight turned them around, taking them to Selbina eventually where they had to go. Chaahan sold every last spare item to get Seishou and himself tickets to cross the sea. They wandered on over the blue seas and eventually made it to Windurst. The next day I had to do it. Alone.
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Eventually Chaahan and I joined a linkshell; it had level 40s in it! Wow! I met a Samurai in Valkurm levelling and he invited us to it. They kicked my friend out, and I left to stay with him. Chaahan followed a bit after. Some time later I found a new Linkshell named WeExplodeMogs. They kicked us out of that too, because the linkshell was 'getting too big'. No big deal, I thought. We found another eventually, and the leader abandoned us, poor level 25 newbies who had to solo our Kazham keys. I decided to just make my own shell; the one I still have today, 40 levels later. Now everything is about gil and levelling and who has the best equipment... it's just not as fun. Chaahan and I have also grown farther apart in levels, due to frustration and other things. We made one promise to each other, though; we would go into Chains of Promathia blind. It would be just like the first day again, 60 levels later. Dynamis and Sky are our only goals now, even if we only get to go once, it's just to explore. We've been to almost every possible zone in the game. We killed Tonberries when they were Decent Challenges. We went to Hall of the Gods at level 50 just for the sake of doing so... I just wish more people realized that it's about fun and not EXP or Gil per hour...
Over 400 screenshots later... the adventure is just unwinding.
Edited, Thu Aug 19 00:46:40 2004 by Kidzukai
I started out with my two real life friends, Chaahan and Arwin. My neighbor Seishou was soon to follow, after a few graphics updates and a Window's fix.
We stepped out into the Vana'Diel frontier, all proud level one knights of San d'Oria. Kidzukai, the level 1 THF, Arwin, the level 1 WAR, and Chaahan, the level 1 RDM. Seishou and Rekkai, the level 1 WAR and level 1 RDM were soon to follow. Standing in the middle of Sandy together, we talked like fools; staring in awe at the beauty of the town itself. North San d'Oria became like a home to us. We didn't know what a Linkshell was, we didn't know what Power Levelling was... we didn't NEED gil. My friend Arwin came up to me and passed me a Light Axe from a quest. Cool! I thought, quickly rushing to the NPC to sell it. Yay, I had more money then my friends on my first day. Eventually we grew up together, hitting level 9 solo, but still kept in communication. Chaahan spent his days running 'river routes' through East Ronfaure, while me and Seishou slaughtered anything in existance. The Treants in Ronfaure scared me, I didn't know what a party was. I stood far back so I didn't get killed by it in one hit. Arwin slowly drifted away, as a virus took his computer over.
One morning Chaahan and Seishou and I stood in the center of San d'Oria with a great idea. "We're going to Windurst," said Chaahan. Seishou and I looked confused, as we had never been past Ronfaure before. I used to think the Outpost was far... boy was I wrong.
I ventured out into La Theine Plateau at level 9, alone, to check out our journey to come. *smash...smash...smash*. You were defeated by the Battering Ram. Great, I thought, how in the world are we going to get to Windurst with enemies like that.
Eventually we set out, I was the one with the map and gil to get us from San d'Oria to Windurst. We killed a few things along the way. I lotted, because I thought that was the only way to get items. It turned out that I had all the crystals in the end. Looking at the map, Seishou and I decided that we needed to go through Jugner Forest to get to Windurst. For some reason, I had to go; and I ended up abandoning them with no money, no map, and no level 9 Warrior to take the hits. Halfway through Jugner a level 30 Dark Knight turned them around, taking them to Selbina eventually where they had to go. Chaahan sold every last spare item to get Seishou and himself tickets to cross the sea. They wandered on over the blue seas and eventually made it to Windurst. The next day I had to do it. Alone.
---
Eventually Chaahan and I joined a linkshell; it had level 40s in it! Wow! I met a Samurai in Valkurm levelling and he invited us to it. They kicked my friend out, and I left to stay with him. Chaahan followed a bit after. Some time later I found a new Linkshell named WeExplodeMogs. They kicked us out of that too, because the linkshell was 'getting too big'. No big deal, I thought. We found another eventually, and the leader abandoned us, poor level 25 newbies who had to solo our Kazham keys. I decided to just make my own shell; the one I still have today, 40 levels later. Now everything is about gil and levelling and who has the best equipment... it's just not as fun. Chaahan and I have also grown farther apart in levels, due to frustration and other things. We made one promise to each other, though; we would go into Chains of Promathia blind. It would be just like the first day again, 60 levels later. Dynamis and Sky are our only goals now, even if we only get to go once, it's just to explore. We've been to almost every possible zone in the game. We killed Tonberries when they were Decent Challenges. We went to Hall of the Gods at level 50 just for the sake of doing so... I just wish more people realized that it's about fun and not EXP or Gil per hour...
Over 400 screenshots later... the adventure is just unwinding.
Edited, Thu Aug 19 00:46:40 2004 by Kidzukai
DRKWARNINWHMMNKRNGPLD
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Just for you Kayden.
Edited, Thu Aug 19 12:06:57 2004 by Shaleous
Just for you Kayden.
Edited, Thu Aug 19 12:06:57 2004 by Shaleous
We had this really weird fallout from or LS a while ago but everyone reunited a little while ago. Its sweet, I'm no where near the levels of the guys now but I like being in it more then ever. This story kind of reminds me of my own personal experience. Great story!
Shameless Bump.
Oh wow... great story, thanks for bringing it here. Reminds me of how I was when I first started the game.
Scholar
48 posts
Very well written story, reminds me of when I first got the game, at lvl 10 I walked from Windurst to San d'Oria. I was so happy when I got to Jueno, it was the coolest. I remember I died 3 times in Pashhow Marshlands, since I didn't have a map of anywhere. Every time I pass by Pashhow, it reminds me of that journey across the world.
Scholar
32 posts
I love this story. I hope everyone gets a chance to read it. Definately took the wind out of my urge to level level level!
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Okay I have only read the first 2 pages of this thread... I promise I will read them all if only to reinforce the stuff I have read up to now. You have all provided stories that caused me to rethink the game! I thank-you all but esecially the original poster to this all...
This needs to stay near the top of the of the posts.
My roommate got me into this game, this thread may just have really got me addicted.
I will promote this thread now in all my postings.
Once agian thanks
This needs to stay near the top of the of the posts.
My roommate got me into this game, this thread may just have really got me addicted.
I will promote this thread now in all my postings.
Once agian thanks
10 posts
Best story byfar I've ever read here. I feel just like that Whm as I'm dealing with the EXACT same thing with the People I started experiencing the Joy of FFXI with. I take my Time,Farm,Explore,& try my Best to Meet ppl and make Friends. They on the otherhand, Lvl like Mad and only find me to Brag or ask for Gil. Theres no Pot of Gold at Lvl 75 I keep Telling them.Enjoy the World!
Edited, Sun Aug 22 09:32:46 2004 by Narishma
Edited, Wed Jan 19 08:55:51 2005 by Narishma
Edited, Sun Aug 22 09:32:46 2004 by Narishma
Edited, Wed Jan 19 08:55:51 2005 by Narishma
it was a good story but not worth crying over i mean come on its just a game no real life. lol
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