A Year!

[Rostum]

So, it's been around a year or so since I left Vana'diel. I kind of miss it and my little Tarutaru, but I doubt I'll go back due to hearing about a lot of the changes. I'm not sure if I have the time to get up to snuff with it all again.

Anyone from EoFF still playing? What do you get up to in-game?

[Del Murder]

I stopped playing about 6 months ago. I don't regret it. I also don't regret the time I spent playing, either. It was an epic game and I'm proud of little Tmoney and all he accomplished. I mainly lost interest because I completed all the main storylines and so there was not much left for me to do. I really could care less about grinding it out for elite gearz when there's no missions left for me to need those gearz for.

I think I'll go back at some point for one last run. Try to get level 99 and all that. I did manage to get Blue Mage up to 90 so it shouldn't be that hard.

[Rostum]

Yeah, I believe I was about 3/4 of the way through WoTG with everything else completed but I don't think I could be bothered signing up back just to try and get through the rest of that again.

If they were to release a massive expansion like CoP, I might consider coming back...

[Del Murder]

I think it's just you and me, Ome. Not even Ouch! bothers with this forum any more.

Anything you miss about the game? I always loved it when I got new spells on BLU. Most people hated spell hunting but it was my favorite because it took you to lands people often overlooked.

[Rostum]

It's because Ouch! thinks he's too good for anyone these days.

I miss a lot of things, but Abyssea is not one of them. I miss running through Chains of Promethia story line missions with a group of friends, social mana burns, all the great social exp. parties, even just mucking around with linkshell friends or helping them out. Hell, even Salvage despite it eventually becoming tedious and repetitive.

The only thing I regret is not putting in the effort to level more jobs, and getting too worked up over end-game gear.

[Ouch!]

Is this the thanks I get for helping you out with Millionaire, Del Money? Is this what loyalty means to you?

Also a year here. I miss it, but I'm not going to go back. Between work, the gym, friends, my girlfriend, and alcohol, I'm far too busy for a MMORPG. That's okay with me.

[Del Murder]

I like how you list alcohol among the major things in your life right now.

[Mirage]

I still play.

[Ouch!]

Alcohol takes up a significant portion of my time and money.

[Rostum]

Beyond College/Uni that just becomes sad.

[Del Murder]

Leave it to Ome to say what we're all thinking.

[Tigmafuzz]

I think XI is pretty much dead now. There are people that still play on occasion, but I don't think it's going to last too much longer. I bet they wouldn't get too much heat if they took down the servers.

[Del Murder]

I'm tempted to sign in and do /sea all to try and prove you wrong.

[Rostum]

Actually I'm pretty sure it's still doing really well. It definitely won't go down any time soon, hell even the first Everquest just got a new expansion released!

In FFXI there's still 16 active servers (and one testing server) and from what I've been able to tell population levels are still fairly high for each. I can't find the source and I'll keep looking, but last I checked early this year the population number was hovering at around 500,000. Which is still really awesome for an MMO.

[Del Murder]

500k? Yeah the game isn't going anywhere.