what was the first 3 months of FFXI launch experience like?

[jenova_9]

ya I wonder? I only heard hints of those times, but ya usually I have a theory that mmorpgs in their first weeks, months, like the community is unlike anything seen years later.
like, like, maybe the communities are like so united and since everyone is generally around the same level, there must of have been massive heroism, discovery and alliances formed back in those days.

maybe the Golden Age of FFXI despite the things it lacked which it has now, but nowadays lack what it once had?

so ya, anyone have any input about those times?

[Yellow Mage]

Re: what was the first 3 months of FFXI launch experience like?

Red Mage was exactly the way it is today.

/obligatory

[Mhurron]

Re: what was the first 3 months of FFXI launch experience like?

Red Mage was exactly the way it is today.

/obligatory

No it wasn't.

FAIL.

[wrongfeifong]

Re: what was the first 3 months of FFXI launch experience like?

Red mage was seriously the "rejected class" back then
There is no reason to invite a RDM until there is no WHM。　as far as i remember.

Whm are gods, and drg never get invites for anything.

[Feenicks]

Re: what was the first 3 months of FFXI launch experience like?

If you were a THF, you were rich because beastmen dropped tons of gil and Gilfinder was invaluable. Also being able to pick chests made you rich too.

Also no one could defeat Roc, Simurgh or Serket because the cap was Lv50. There was an event where Sage Sundi logged in as a DRK81 and soloed one of those HNMs, Roc I think it was.

I think everyone used to sub WHM as well, even melees.

[Kitalrez]

Re: what was the first 3 months of FFXI launch experience like?

Were you talking the JPN launch or the NA launch?

[TheGrandMom]

Re: what was the first 3 months of FFXI launch experience like?

What I liked about the beginning was everyone helping one another. You'd kill stuff that was right around your level, there weren't a lot of lvl 75's to run you through stuff and make you uber quick. You had to do trial and error and figure out what was the best way to do it for your group. It was scarier and funny things happened a lot. It was awesome.

[Susurrus]

Re: what was the first 3 months of FFXI launch experience like?

I wasn't around during the days before NA release, but I know during NA release, it was cool. Instead of getting high level help for everything, we allied up. I remember getting a near full alliance of level 50s for G1.

[LyonheartLakshmi]

Re: what was the first 3 months of FFXI launch experience like?

Also no one could defeat Roc, Simurgh or Serket because the cap was Lv50. There was an event where Sage Sundi logged in as a DRK81 and soloed one of those HNMs, Roc I think it was.

Hmmm, I had read that it was Serket that he soloed.

[wrongfeifong]

Re: what was the first 3 months of FFXI launch experience like?

seriously, who said roc can't be kill by level 50?
On midgardsomr we saw a huge group of 40-50 beat up roc all together... casual was insane but it was fun to watch.

[Feenicks]

Re: what was the first 3 months of FFXI launch experience like?

seriously, who said roc can't be kill by level 50?
On midgardsomr we saw a huge group of 40-50 beat up roc all together... casual was insane but it was fun to watch.

You also have to remember the equipment that was available at the time, as well as the fact that this pre-dated Zilart, meaning that only the original 12 jobs were available, and there were no NINs.

[jenova_9]

Re: what was the first 3 months of FFXI launch experience like?

whee! thanks for the first impressions of those times! it sounds really exciting imagining people forming alliances and stuff while trying to overcome hardships these days high levels carry people through.

[Rostum]

Re: what was the first 3 months of FFXI launch experience like?

I remember BRP leading a lot of eco-war quests, that was fun times.