My Excitement (Don't read if you don't care...)Follow

I just bought the game last night, watched the depressing opening video... Sat through the hour and a half install. Then had to sit through a 3 hour update. But yet I am still roaring to go!

A buddy got me a gold pass but I'm not sure what server I'll be playing on. So this evening I'll be making another post with my server and my name and inviting you guys to give me the standard noob welcome party :). J/K, I'll be posting my information incase anyone on that server would care to group with me from time to time and possibly be a life line if I had any questions.

I asked my wife to use the online character creator tool to pick out how she wants me to look... I doubt she'll actually do it and thats fine because I already picked out my favorite! lol.

I'm not going to be able to log on for 12 hours!... Oh the torture. Unless after seeing all the cute little characters my wife decides she wants us all (we have 3 little kids) to sit infront of the TV and develop the character together, though the kids would love it... Pretty unlikely.

Anyhow, I'd like to thank everyone who responded to my previous post and who has encouraged me to play. I'd also like to thank everyone who has posted any useful information! And just to get it out of the way, I'd like to thank everyone who is going to help me in the future! :) Thanks!

Twadd

Best of luck to ya! let us know the server so we can share wisdom and enlighten you to not getting beaten by Orc or Yagudo within minutes.

So if I play for four hours tonight can I expect to get to level 2? :)

Come to Pandemonium. We're the single best server. We have no RMTs and our tarutaru are hung like horses*.

Oh and do not drop beastman seals!

*except Lemmi.

Edited, Dec 4th 2007 7:57am by Jella

What's "The gym?" Is that a new expansion coming out? Does that have anything to do with the "Real Life" expansion I keep hearing about?

Yea; it's the most anticipated expansion evar! It adds the jobs "Student", "Prostitute", "Teacher", "Drugs Dealer" and "Sex Addict". Don't forget the new status effects "Depression", "Hunger", "Horniness" and "Orgasmic", too!

Meh, to be honest, with my first 4 hours with this game, I would simply wander around whatever starter city I started in.

Get a feeling for everything, where the shops are, maybe start a quest or two (for some money). See if there's anything you could do just to get more familiar with the game (Starting in bastok? well every drunk monkey should find Cid and talk to him one for entertainment's sake). Find out a few things, get used to your inventory, etc.

Once you think you've gotten that down, and even maybe said hello to a few people :3, take it outside. I'd imagine if you spent 2 hours getting familiar, and 2 hours starting your head-strong plow into leveling, you'd probably hit around level 4 or 5.

Remember that /heal and ctrl + h allow you to regain your life after battle, but mobs that can agro, will agro <3.

What does PT stand for?

PT-Party

Taken from Coddys Sticky

a: Commonly used FFXI Phrases and abbreviations.
WAR: No, this does not imply a large battle. Rather the job class Warrior.
BLM: job class Black Mage
WHM: job class White Mage
RDM: job class Red Mage
MNK: job class Monk
THF: job class Thief
SMN: job class Summoner
BST: job class Beast Master
NIN: job class Ninja
SAM: job class Samurai
DRK: job class Dark Knight
PLD: job class Paladin
DRG: job class Dragoon
RNG: job class Ranger
BRD: job class Bard
PUP: job class Puppetmaster
COR: job class Corsair
BLU: Blue Mage
SC: Skill Chain
WS: Weapon Skill
MB: Magic Burst
AM: Ancient Magic
Windy: Windurst
Sandy: San D’Oria
NM: Notorious Monster
HNM: Huge Notorious Monster (There are other meanings too but they all say the same thing…)
ENM: Empty Notorious Monster (CoP)
BCNM - Burning Circle Notorious Monster(s)
WSNM - Weapon Skill Notorious Monster
OP - Outpost/Outpost Warp (getting teleported from your home city to a region you have delivered supplies to)
OP: Can also mean Original Poster on allakhazam. (Thanks Thatdamnelf)
Kiting - Using +movement speed, or casting gravity/bind on a monster and running him on a set path to prevent him from hitting you.
PL - Powerlevel (having a higher level heal your party while you fight monsters you normally wouldn't fight)
ZM - Zilart Mission
CoP - Chains of Promathia, usually used as "CoP Chapter-Misison # (CoP 3-5)"
CFH - Call For Help
KI - Killing Ifrit (killingifrit.com)
QFT: generally, "quoted for truth"; basically a "me too!" post. These are annoying if you have nothing else to say. Some people also say QFT means "quit @#%^ing talking", but this meaning isn't widely-used or accepted.
FTFY: "fixed that for you": this is usually a sarcastic remark used when altering someone's quote to either reflect a more accurate statement, or to create a quasi-humorous statement.
"sky": this refers to a region accessed late in the Rise of the Zilart mission series. The region is known as Tu'Lia; it is home to many end-game activities.
"sea": Accessed at end of CoP


PM: Private Message or CoP nmission
TW: Too Weak
EP: Easy Prey
DC: Decent Challenge
EM: Even Match
T: Tough
VT: Very Tough
IT: Increadibly Tough
ItG?: Impossible to Gauge
MPK: Monster-Player Kill, or Mass Player Killing. Basically, it means to use a monster to get another player killed, on purpose, and of course, with cruel intentions.


b: The many faces and acronyms of the net and what they mean
XD Is a face used to express excitement
:D =D :) =) are faces used to express happiness
D: D= ): )= :( =( are faces used to express sadness
any form of :’( or ;_; are used to say they are crying
lol: laugh out loud or lots of love
rofl: rolling on floor laughing
lmao: laughing my butt off
orly: oh, really?
ORZ/orz: looked at sideways is meant to look like a disappointed person
esad: I don’t like you
gtfo: leave
stfu: please refrain from speaking, thank yo

Not really. EVERYONE I know uses it as a "lol" aka. laughing/funny emoticon.

Say, an LS mate tells you:
"hey lol check this out this rmt just got himself killed by linking leaping lizzy!!"

And someone replies:
"haha wtf?! XD"

Then XD is used to express laughing in a kind of sarcastic manner. It's hard to explain, really, but you'll get a feel for it as people around you use it.

This is so, so true. Don't mess with the rabbits. Unless you really know what you're getting into.

Nightmare Rabbits in Dynamis Buburimu > 36 well geared level 75s ;; Last time at least we cleaned them out . . . just barely.

Well yeah if you're a horny adolescent or a girl.

I'm neither a girl nor a horny adolescent...although they do look good for pixellated chicks.