Partied with people other than my two friends for the first time, and man was it a horrible party. Three WAR, a THF, a DRK, and me the RDM on healing duty. Except we level synced so we're all level 11 because my friend the leader won't drop the level 11 Taru warrior in starting armor who doesn't really know how to play. In the Valkurm Dunes.

If not for a kindly level 54 BLK/29 WHM who kept healing us we would have been so boned. As it turned out I gained two levels out of the night, so hurray. Also ended up being able to crack a lot of jokes with my other friend in the group since we were in the same room, and we agreed that the party was all that is wrong with MMO's.