Favorite newblet memory?
At level 7, making the trek from Windurst to Sand'Oria for the awesomeness of the Wing Pendant that I just HAD to have.
The trip was pretty mild without much excitement, I'm pretty good with avoiding aggro and I had boughten most of the maps beforehand. However when I reached Mhaura and took the ferry who should spawn but none other than the Sea Horror!
Being a smart newb who at the time didn't know what the AH was and NPC'd all my fire crystals for gil (because hey, they're good gil) I knew that this was no ordinary monster and hid in the pilot's cabin to avoid detection.
However, 2 brave people decided to team up and attack the Sea Horror and save the ship. One was a lvl 46ish Rdm, the other, I forget what he was, in his 30s. The Rdm was instantly killed (he lasted long enough for stoneskin and blink to disappear), the other fellow thinking that this may not have been the best of ideas, ran into the pilot's cabin and begged my lvl 7 war for help. The Sea Horror came in and killed both of us, horribly, but strangely left the pilot alone.
Some kind fishermen on the ferry raised us after we reached Valkurm, and pointed me in the general direction for Sand'Oria.
And that's about it
2nd favorite memory was a exp party in King Ranperre's Tomb at lvl 14 or so, Wind Bats/Gobs/some worms made some pretty good exp that was a good alternative to the Dunes.
My favorite not so newblet memory would be summoning my wyvern for the first time as Dragoon. In all honesty that job is more than just a job to me, it's the job that many of my friends helped me to get, and have helped me on, it is the job I have met many friends on, and just, due to everything that I have experienced while playing FFXI, it is the job that to me almost symbolizes why I first started to play this game.
It's all about companionship, comraderie, and good times.