Post by _Code on Jun 16, 2006 11:40:48 GMT -5
Locke inspired me; the life and times of Codeine:
I actually didn't start on Titan server. I was originally in Windurst, on some other server. Nauren and Zorich had started before me, because where I was living at the time had no internet. I actually sat on the game for monthes, unable to play because of lack of internet;;
Nauren got me a Worldpass and I hopped over to Titan, and started my RDM career. It was rough; I had no concept of the game, the job, only what I'd read in brady guide. My friends were already way ahead of me; and not leveling mage jobs. Completely unchartered territory.
I remember my first exp session; Onion sword in hand swiffing at Worms outside of Bastok. Trying to run around the mobs to avoid their attacks (HAHA!), moving onto the mountain... running away from the scary mountain... then I stumbled onto Dangruf Wadi, and found out how to take screen caps.
My first ever screen shot. Couldn't have been more then lvl 12 RDM. Horrible xp, killing low level mobs, exploring. Good times.
Leveling progressed; I never got to play with my friends, but the desire to advance kept me in. Learning my roles, progressing up other jobs. Trudging through the dunes (i wonder why I never took more pics of that >.>;
, my first walk to San D'Oria
Stumbling through the Marshalnds; finally I got to Qufim Island. Nauren and Zor took me out to get my keys to Kazham.
And I was in the jungle. (fucking sleepga >.<)
I leveled with Angel and a new friend I'd found, Dyre. He was lower level then me, but a blast to hang out with. Eventually I dinged 30. That day I had progressed from level 24-30 in one day. I met a new friend Xanthar in the jungle who stayed with me from early that morning til late that night. The party had 2 RDM's the whole time (oof), but we were in it for the long haul.
Finally dinged 30; and needed new gear, I decided I was getting a Morion Tathlum, the hard way. I dragged Dyre, my new friend Xanthar, and Angel into Korr. Tunnel. With no clue where the
spawned, we wandered for hours.
Finally:
We got it, and drop on first kill!
Jump ahead, and I'm in the Crawlers Nest. Nauren had taken up this new job "Ranger" and was finally catching up to my RDM. So we got the chance to party for the first time:
Nauren and I did alittle static. Zor caught up with us when we had gotten to the Secret Room of Crawlers Nest. I suggested a static party and that was that. There was a WHM, Soula with us, who had partied with me on and off alot of my lower levels, she was in too. That static would end up taking me til the 70's on my Red Mage. People came and people went, but Nauren, Zorich and I were a constant the whole way. And I was with Zorich and Relik when I dinged 75 on my first job. ^^
As the game progressed, new updates were released. I always wanted to be the first with the new gear. CoP was released; and new level 50 JSE gear was released. Hammered my way through the promies as fast as I could; actually got pretty lucky with parties there; and welcomed myself to the Meadows:
Lots happened in the 50's. including my Rank 5 run.
then the 60's. I was really interested in the idea of soloing RDM. With the heavy static schedule I had, it was hard to get my NIN up to sub par. For a long time I was running around 60/20 RDM/NIN, but still held my own.
I was dead set on soloing something, and something BIG! So I went after my Moldy earring. I had heard stories of its AM taking out PLD's around my level, and what a hard time some of my friends were having getting it. That was that and I was on it:
I ended up 1/4 as I can remember, and in the end, the one that dropped it was with Nauren, but the kills I did on my own were hella fun, and I was hooked on RDM/NIN.
That was my new bank; and it perpetuated my funding up into the 70's (and still does sometimes). Even tho my gear was waaaaay underpar
The LS I was in at the time, with Nauren, Tarick, Angel, Yuna, Zorich, Relik, Melica, Lucretsia / Dracos, Nedi, etc was a flourishing mecca. All friends, tightly knit. My next goal was a daunting one for me. Joyeuse.
Like I said, I always wanted to be on top of the line with gear (tho rarely was hehe), and I had to have one. Dracos spent many a night in Sea Serpent Grotto with me, killing squid after squid with nothing to show for it.
Finally, I got fed up. I took an entire sunday and camped from early in the morning, til about 5pm ( Emergency Maintanence! *%&$%&%*&$#*&), servers came back up that evening, and I was back at camping...with tons of competition.
Later that night, abot 10pm, Charby popped. My heart sank as another LS tagged and wiped the floor with him. But I had a ToD. I set my alarm for early the next morning, and logged in to watch a JP LS kill him ;;
But I was determined. I had a solid ToD, that would fall on EST, and noone else was in the room besides the JP's! I put the call over the LS; and... well, the picture speaks for itself:
Time progressed; and some of us wanted more. The idea came around for forming an HNMLS, a grand scheme inplace with a solid idea, a Lucretsia made it happen... kinda of (hehe love ya buddy).
And Niflheim was created.
Hardly a force to be reckoned with. We died to Faust, great plans, but didn't really pan out. Still hella alot of fun; we even did Garrisons weekly, that produced quit a bit of money for our members.
and our chance at real HNM's
(which, admittedly, I seriously fucked up that day >.>)
but alas, as all things must, Niflheim, and its parent shell ended in a bloody massacre, and fire's of sulfur and brimstone.
It seemed my FFXI life was coming to an end. The shell I loved so much, we all had was falling apart. Completely self destructing; and people were leaving. Relik, a good friend of everyone had moved onto this other shell, "EdeasOrphans", a respected HNMLS on Titan. A Redmage and not even 75, I didn't have a chance. Nauren, Zor and Rel kept telling me to apply, but EO wasn't looking for RDM's at the time. Finally I broke down and applied.
and, somehow... got accepted.
I thought EO would be just like Niflheim; but like children playing cowboys and indians, how wrong I was. This was the real thing; within the first week, I was front line fighting Genbu:
and Hakutaku
I had found a new home, and was, as I still am, proud to wear the Green.
From the Sky
to land
to the sewers under it ;p
to the Sea and beyond
EO is my home.
Until I delete "Codeine" or I'm asked to leave, I will wear the green.
to whereever it takes me next.
thank you EO. /kneel.
especially if you read all that >.>
_Code
I actually didn't start on Titan server. I was originally in Windurst, on some other server. Nauren and Zorich had started before me, because where I was living at the time had no internet. I actually sat on the game for monthes, unable to play because of lack of internet;;
Nauren got me a Worldpass and I hopped over to Titan, and started my RDM career. It was rough; I had no concept of the game, the job, only what I'd read in brady guide. My friends were already way ahead of me; and not leveling mage jobs. Completely unchartered territory.
I remember my first exp session; Onion sword in hand swiffing at Worms outside of Bastok. Trying to run around the mobs to avoid their attacks (HAHA!), moving onto the mountain... running away from the scary mountain... then I stumbled onto Dangruf Wadi, and found out how to take screen caps.
My first ever screen shot. Couldn't have been more then lvl 12 RDM. Horrible xp, killing low level mobs, exploring. Good times.
Leveling progressed; I never got to play with my friends, but the desire to advance kept me in. Learning my roles, progressing up other jobs. Trudging through the dunes (i wonder why I never took more pics of that >.>;
, my first walk to San D'OriaStumbling through the Marshalnds; finally I got to Qufim Island. Nauren and Zor took me out to get my keys to Kazham.
And I was in the jungle. (fucking sleepga >.<)
I leveled with Angel and a new friend I'd found, Dyre. He was lower level then me, but a blast to hang out with. Eventually I dinged 30. That day I had progressed from level 24-30 in one day. I met a new friend Xanthar in the jungle who stayed with me from early that morning til late that night. The party had 2 RDM's the whole time (oof), but we were in it for the long haul.
Finally dinged 30; and needed new gear, I decided I was getting a Morion Tathlum, the hard way. I dragged Dyre, my new friend Xanthar, and Angel into Korr. Tunnel. With no clue where the
spawned, we wandered for hours. Finally:
We got it, and drop on first kill!
Jump ahead, and I'm in the Crawlers Nest. Nauren had taken up this new job "Ranger" and was finally catching up to my RDM. So we got the chance to party for the first time:
Nauren and I did alittle static. Zor caught up with us when we had gotten to the Secret Room of Crawlers Nest. I suggested a static party and that was that. There was a WHM, Soula with us, who had partied with me on and off alot of my lower levels, she was in too. That static would end up taking me til the 70's on my Red Mage. People came and people went, but Nauren, Zorich and I were a constant the whole way. And I was with Zorich and Relik when I dinged 75 on my first job. ^^
As the game progressed, new updates were released. I always wanted to be the first with the new gear. CoP was released; and new level 50 JSE gear was released. Hammered my way through the promies as fast as I could; actually got pretty lucky with parties there; and welcomed myself to the Meadows:
Lots happened in the 50's. including my Rank 5 run.
then the 60's. I was really interested in the idea of soloing RDM. With the heavy static schedule I had, it was hard to get my NIN up to sub par. For a long time I was running around 60/20 RDM/NIN, but still held my own.
I was dead set on soloing something, and something BIG! So I went after my Moldy earring. I had heard stories of its AM taking out PLD's around my level, and what a hard time some of my friends were having getting it. That was that and I was on it:
I ended up 1/4 as I can remember, and in the end, the one that dropped it was with Nauren, but the kills I did on my own were hella fun, and I was hooked on RDM/NIN.
That was my new bank; and it perpetuated my funding up into the 70's (and still does sometimes). Even tho my gear was waaaaay underpar
The LS I was in at the time, with Nauren, Tarick, Angel, Yuna, Zorich, Relik, Melica, Lucretsia / Dracos, Nedi, etc was a flourishing mecca. All friends, tightly knit. My next goal was a daunting one for me. Joyeuse.
Like I said, I always wanted to be on top of the line with gear (tho rarely was hehe), and I had to have one. Dracos spent many a night in Sea Serpent Grotto with me, killing squid after squid with nothing to show for it.
Finally, I got fed up. I took an entire sunday and camped from early in the morning, til about 5pm ( Emergency Maintanence! *%&$%&%*&$#*&), servers came back up that evening, and I was back at camping...with tons of competition.
Later that night, abot 10pm, Charby popped. My heart sank as another LS tagged and wiped the floor with him. But I had a ToD. I set my alarm for early the next morning, and logged in to watch a JP LS kill him ;;
But I was determined. I had a solid ToD, that would fall on EST, and noone else was in the room besides the JP's! I put the call over the LS; and... well, the picture speaks for itself:
Time progressed; and some of us wanted more. The idea came around for forming an HNMLS, a grand scheme inplace with a solid idea, a Lucretsia made it happen... kinda of (hehe love ya buddy).
And Niflheim was created.
Hardly a force to be reckoned with. We died to Faust, great plans, but didn't really pan out. Still hella alot of fun; we even did Garrisons weekly, that produced quit a bit of money for our members.
and our chance at real HNM's
(which, admittedly, I seriously fucked up that day >.>)
but alas, as all things must, Niflheim, and its parent shell ended in a bloody massacre, and fire's of sulfur and brimstone.
It seemed my FFXI life was coming to an end. The shell I loved so much, we all had was falling apart. Completely self destructing; and people were leaving. Relik, a good friend of everyone had moved onto this other shell, "EdeasOrphans", a respected HNMLS on Titan. A Redmage and not even 75, I didn't have a chance. Nauren, Zor and Rel kept telling me to apply, but EO wasn't looking for RDM's at the time. Finally I broke down and applied.
and, somehow... got accepted.
I thought EO would be just like Niflheim; but like children playing cowboys and indians, how wrong I was. This was the real thing; within the first week, I was front line fighting Genbu:
and Hakutaku
I had found a new home, and was, as I still am, proud to wear the Green.
From the Sky
to land
to the sewers under it ;p
to the Sea and beyond
EO is my home.
Until I delete "Codeine" or I'm asked to leave, I will wear the green.
to whereever it takes me next.
thank you EO. /kneel.
especially if you read all that >.>
_Code
