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RE: Happy anniversary, FFXIV! - Gharen - 08-27-2014
So, I started my time RPing in MMO's on CoH's Virtue server, (City of Heroes for the uninitiated.) I played there from the games beta until it's unfortunate demise. I didn't really bother with mmo's for a bit after that.
Back when 1.0 was released I was excited and interested in checking the game out, I'd enjoyed my time in XI back in the day however short it was. Then I saw the gametrailers review, amongst several others. That was enough to sour my outlook and cause me to not buy the game, something I often look back on now and kind of regret.
In the weeks leading up to XIV's release I did my research even going so far as to do a quick google search for "Final Fantasy XIV Roleplay server" this led me to a post on some forums from one Alothia Starkwood directing someone here to the RPC. Which I followed suit. And thankfully I found a great community where I've managed to form some lasting friendships, and hopefully will form even more as time passes.
Here's to a years worth of success, and many more to come!
RE: Happy anniversary, FFXIV! - Mewnie - 08-29-2014
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RE: Happy anniversary, FFXIV! - Menelwen - 08-29-2014
Woah! Mewnie, did you bake and decorate that? That looks amazing!
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RE: Happy anniversary, FFXIV! - ArmachiA - 08-29-2014
Story time!
I got sucked into 1.0 thinking it was going to be great because I had such fond memories of FFXI that I played for 3 and a half years. Everyone was very excited about the idea of having a "reunion" in a new FF game so guild members new and old started planning to come over. So I started the guild up in FFXIV - the Crimson Blades (A combination of "Night Blades" and "Crimson Pirates" that we used in FFXI) and found the RPC. We were really active on the RPC, super gung ho, ready to go.
Beta was blah.
Not to worry, we said! They promised Beta wasn't the finished game!
Oh, but it was the finished games.
We lasted a month and I WAS MAD AT SE FOR SO LONG.
So long that when the Realm Reborn Alpha invite was sent to me, my fiance, AND my roommate, I didn't even want to play it. My fiance always had a soft spot for it, he was pretty convinced SE HAD to fix FFXIV or they company would lose a lot of respect and money. There was no way this could fail, he said.
I, of course, laughed at him. I played Alpha for 10 minutes and shut it off, muttering something about it being too much like WoW.
Then I got a Beta invite as soon as Alpha was over. My fiance convinced me I might as well play Beta so I can give feedback and try to fix what I didn't like, and I wasn't playing any MMO's at the time so I figured why not.
I HAVE NOT STOPPED PLAYING SINCE. I've been playing non-stop since Beta Phase One. My guild is full of awesome and amazing people and it continues to grow each day (And we just got our T7 full guild clear yesterday!) and I've met some people on here who I just don't think I was live without.
It's been a journey. Ups and downs and amazing times. Here's to many more years to come!
RE: Happy anniversary, FFXIV! - Arianne Beaudonet - 08-29-2014
I came a bit late to the party compared to some here, as I didn't join FFXIV till Beta 4, however when I did join, I was instantly hooked. I'd pretty much been drifting since my days in EQ on the FV server. Only a few games have been able to hold a candle to EQ as far as my enjoyment, FFXI among the short list. In most games, what caused me to stay as long as I did was the friends and community. This game has that going for it too
While I did take a break over the holidays, I was back in the game by February and have been enjoying my time spent here. As Freelancer said, this game has a lot of the elements I missed from my EQ days and it keeps drawing me back. I have the feeling I'm going to be here awhile 