Everyone knows I like MMO's they have been a passion for me since I first set foot in West Sarutabaruta 10 years ago. Was it 10 or 12? I can't even remember these days. I'm getting to old for this. A common phrase I said when I got into harder and more difficult content spread across 3 MMORPGS. Final Fantasy 11, World of Warcraft and Final Fantasy 14.
I have been playing the FF series since the first one that came out on Nintendo. Played just about all of them since. So when this MMO version came out I was skeptic. I had planned on just keeping to myself when I bought it. I will just get to the end of the solo content and quit. Who pays monthly for a game anyways once you beat it your done right?
I kept telling myself as I kept leveling to 75. I was meeting all kinds of people and making life long friends along the way. Eventually I became the opposite. I grouped up for everything. Then I got to maat I figured ok I am near the end of my journey. I won't be able to beat him. I'm close to finishing the game anyways.
I had met a level 60 tarutaru white mage named Minimuse along the way she had helped me and a old friend to Jeuno our first time. She was patient with us as we aggroed everything along the way and raised us as we died a few times each. She kept pushing me all the way to 70 afterwards with XP parties and other events that chronicled the journey to 75. Even after the two people that headed my old linkshell that we did genkai and af with had quit at 60 I kept going.
One day she asked me if I want to join an endgame linkshell that she was in. Huh? What is the point of that I said? She said you should join. You haven't been happy with the game lately it might motivate you. She was still level 65. So I joined and there I got my first taste of endgame. They used teamspeak. I wasn't used to it at the time but I quickly adapted. I would go on to beat Maat on the first try and worked my way to 75.
I knew what I wanted to do in the game now. I wanted to be part of the bigger picture. Minimuse remained 65 for a long time. Our views on the game started to differ. She wanted to fish and hang out with a small group of her friends. She started to fall out with the linkshell leader because he kept trying to push her in a direction she didn't want to go. She withdrew even further from everyone including me. She said she might quit or transfer servers when they opened up. I tried to talk her out of it several times. While I had made many new friends she was one of the few that remained from when I started.
It was there our paths split. She left for another server and I never heard from her again. I won't forget the lessons I learned and the example she set for me in my coming journey. I went on with pj's to accomplish many things and had a blast all the way through. In the scope of things even after pj's broke and continued playing I have no regrets. There was good and bad experiences. I made enemies and friends. I even fell in love for the first time. I would do it all again if given the choice.
As I look back on it. Logging out in W. Saru where my epic journey all started. I am glad I took that first step out of my comfort zone. Never be afraid to try new things or experience them. Yes you might not like them but what if you do. Do you want to wonder the rest of your life. What if? I wouldn't.
So come with me and take the first step.
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