Aww... you guys are killing me.
After looking on POL.com (I shortened it, so what?) and looked at all the updates that've happened since I left mid-way through last year, I want to play.
I've quit the game so many times for being bored, varied time lengths, and I always keep coming back. I've tried WoW (before the expansion), GW, Lineage 2, and a bunch of other MMO's that you can download online (about 12 different ones total), but FFXI is the only one I constantly go back too. lol
Hearing how they're making the game better (than when I first started and last left it) is making me jumpy, excited to get back on and play again, but depressed because I can't. Mainly because this computer isn't mine... connection isn't that fast but if someone calls I'd get disconnected (darn you 25k dial-up Earthlink!), my girlfriend... her mom.
The only thing I have right now to calm that urge is FFXII... only problem is that they don't have a little Dragon that'll fly around with you, or Jumps.
At least someone is able to get back on in my place... who knows, maybe when I finally get back on I wont even recognize anything that's going on because I'd be SOOOOOO far behind (like I wasn't when I was playing before hand... lol).
But me, I'd just go with whatever feels good at the moment. If none of my old friends are on I'd just go exploring and see if I'd happen on some NM's I'd be able to kill. Find people in Dunes or the Jungle and sit there and Raise or randomly Cure them, or just Solo and try for some skill ups on lower skilled weapons. Or just hand around and shout for help on some missions/quests that you have activated already. There's too many things too do in this game to count, one of my favorite is to just sit in Whitegate and make fun of the people on that server... only because I know just about everyone out there or they know I'm just joking with them. Get into a /shout fight about a stupid topic to pass-by the time while waiting for something of interest to pass by your mind or something.
I know none of these sound like a good timely start for your "career" in the game, but it's just something to think about while you get used to the feel and flow of the game again till you get your fire back and start the actual gaming process again. I don't know, those're just a couple of ideas to get your name out there so people will see you're there and be able to say "Hey, I remeber that guy/girl in [that place] doing [this]." or whatever. Who knows, they might think you're cool and ask you to go party with them or join their LS.
I can ramble on for days about this topic in anticipating what I'd do when/if I started up again, so I'll just end it here.
Maybe Later.
(that and I have no idea why SE would put such a silly ratio in).
