pass it on
What, no OMGWTFBBQ75!!! post? Maybe because I've come to a bit of a realization lately. Now that miss Wenne is finally 75 after 2 years, I've realized that there is something so much more enjoyable and rewarding than the endgame scene.
But I'm getting ahead of myself. Let me back up a bit. :)
I think it started when I hit 70, and beat Maat on the first try, in what I must admit was a shockingly easy fight. I joined a dynamis LS, and got 75 a few weeks later. But, it doesn't stop at 75. There are always more merits, better gear, harder fights, and more and more time required to be THE BEST.
The game rapidly lost its appeal when I realized I'd put 2 years of my life into this to get my character to the top, only to find that I was still nowhere near the top.
Disillusioned, I continued to log in every day into this world that was still home. Bored and aimless, I farmed and tele'd to pass the time. One day, I saw a shout.
(Teleport-Dem) (Can I have it?) (please) 500g. Not 2 seconds later someone else shouted, Wow, haven't seen a 500g tele in years! The guy replied that if he had more, he'd give it. Being a sucker for hardluck stories, I invited him. Remembering how I felt at the random kindess of strangers, I refused his trade. When we got to dem, he thanked me profusely, and said 'I owe you.'
I said, 'No, you don't. Just pass it on.'
A few days later, I was farming and got a tell, asking if I was looking for Carbuncle's Ruby too. He said he'd been trying to get it for weeks, but every time there was someone else there, and as a 44mnk he was really in no shape to be outclaiming anyone. I spent 4 hours with him, and we finally got that stingy ruby to drop. He was ecstatic, and I remembered again how I felt at all those firsts.
So while my fellow 75s and lsmates are busy being the best DDs and mages in dynamis and sky and sea, I'll be that noob 75PLD running around doing what she's best at - being a friend.
But I'm getting ahead of myself. Let me back up a bit. :)
I think it started when I hit 70, and beat Maat on the first try, in what I must admit was a shockingly easy fight. I joined a dynamis LS, and got 75 a few weeks later. But, it doesn't stop at 75. There are always more merits, better gear, harder fights, and more and more time required to be THE BEST.
The game rapidly lost its appeal when I realized I'd put 2 years of my life into this to get my character to the top, only to find that I was still nowhere near the top.
Disillusioned, I continued to log in every day into this world that was still home. Bored and aimless, I farmed and tele'd to pass the time. One day, I saw a shout.
(Teleport-Dem) (Can I have it?) (please) 500g. Not 2 seconds later someone else shouted, Wow, haven't seen a 500g tele in years! The guy replied that if he had more, he'd give it. Being a sucker for hardluck stories, I invited him. Remembering how I felt at the random kindess of strangers, I refused his trade. When we got to dem, he thanked me profusely, and said 'I owe you.'
I said, 'No, you don't. Just pass it on.'
A few days later, I was farming and got a tell, asking if I was looking for Carbuncle's Ruby too. He said he'd been trying to get it for weeks, but every time there was someone else there, and as a 44mnk he was really in no shape to be outclaiming anyone. I spent 4 hours with him, and we finally got that stingy ruby to drop. He was ecstatic, and I remembered again how I felt at all those firsts.
So while my fellow 75s and lsmates are busy being the best DDs and mages in dynamis and sky and sea, I'll be that noob 75PLD running around doing what she's best at - being a friend.
1 Comments:
This is a very good entry.
That is the one thing I've often struggled with in the world of Vana'diel. One day you can achieve everything you've set out to but tomorrow, or the next day, or the next, there will be some new gear to obtain, some new monster to defeat to obtain it and more jobs available to do it with. Thus begins an endless cycle and it's very easy to become consumed by it or to forget the 'joys' of the game.
Right now I'm still struggling to find the reason I enjoyed playing so much in the first place. This entry reminded me. Thank You.
I wanted to mention, it's rather funny but we have not only near identical character names but we share the same character model as well.
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