One month ago tonight, I logged off of "Final Fantasy XI" for the last time. And I have to be honest, for the most part, I really don't miss it. There are parts of it I miss. For example, Thursday nights had been Nyzul Isle nights for the last year, and we were gonna be starting up regular assault runs by now, to try and get us all Captain rank. Nyzul nights were one of the only things left in-game that I really looked forward to, and was probably one of the main reasons I hadn't decided to quit sooner. I miss hanging out with my linkshells, especially the DuskWalkers crew. I met a lot of amazing people in my time playing "FFXI", and had many a laugh with a lot of them. I miss the experience point grind as well, the first clue being the 11 jobs I had capped to 75. Had it not been for the pride I took in making sure my jobs were geared well, I might have had more jobs leveled. Hell, I even kinda miss the eventing grind.
That said, I don't miss it enough to come back. It really did get to the point that playing "FFXI" almost begn feeling like a second job. I had forgotten for the most part how fun it was being able to play and enjoy other games. And aside from a few events I enjoyed doing, a lot of nights, logging into "FFXI" became a chore. Maybe in the back of my mind, I had come to the decision to walk away from "FFXI" a while ago, I really am not sure. The thing I am sure about is that I walked away at the right time.
A very well known and popular thing to say about people that have walked away from playing "FFXI" is that "they always come back". After a month away from the game, and really enjoying that month, I gotta be honest: no, they don't.
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I would like to take this time to reflect on a month of FFXI without you, trea.
ReplyDeleteHonestly, besides your witty repertoire and occasional waffle-drama, it hasn't been too different. I mean, given, your witty repertoire is no where near matchable by any of the other ls members. But they seem to scrape all their wit together and combined it's passable.
I'm glad you're enjoying yourself. That's the point of life, really.
(Plus the people that read my blog now read your blog instead and don't hound me quite so much to update ^.^)