Hi all. I don't even know where to begin. It's been a while since I last talked to you then. Most of you probably moved on... others may continue to wonder what has happened to me. Before I explain anything, I feel that I owe you guys an apology. An apology of abandoning you without saying anything...especially without saying goodbye. I just lost interest in the game. I'm not particularly sure why but it just lost it's attraction. Maybe blame it on the fact that I experienced so much in so little time. Call it "being burned out" if you will. Still, that's not an excuse for what I did.
Anyway, all is well. I felt that my absence was the break I was looking for. I experienced quite a bit in that time span. I was sick around last Thanksgiving I believe and when I recovered, I never came back to FFXI. I got into the hobby of tinkering with my car until the end of Summer this year. I met a girl in September and then I purchased a new PC in October to help my urge of wanting to play video games. I dated her & played Quake 4, FEAR, NFS:MW, and a bit of WoW (I only played for 2 months) when I wasn't with her. At the end of November, the lady and I called it because of problems (not related to video gaming). After beating FEAR (which is an awesome game btw) and NFS:MW, I felt I wanted to do something else. I considered playing FFXI, but I was afraid of what would happen if I did.
My friends pressed on. They continually badgered me into going back but surely my account was deleted. I mean it was a year ago before I played. They told me to at least try. I contacted Customer Support and asked them about my account. I basically told them I don't want to reactivate my Content ID if my character was gone. They checked into it... my char was still there fully intact. It was over a year ago!!! I reactivated & lo & behold, I was back in my Mog House just as I remembered. I have been playing since (not as much as I used to), but it's still a little overwhelming. It took me about a week to relearn RDM & BLM. I've been leveling Summoner and and now 74 (up from 66). My old JP LS is no longer functioning as an HNM LS. They are now a social LS and those who still pursue end-game content has left to go their separate ways. An old buddy of mine offered me a pearl in his LS and I've been slowly getting into the groove of things. So many things have changed and holy crap, the economy is freaking insane. I should've invested my gil in a Kraken Club back when they were only 10 mil when I quit. The money I had of being rich back then is now miniscule.
So anyway, that's where I am at the moment. I'm being a casual FFXI player and am nowhere as near hardcore as I used to be. It's just something to do when I'm bored. Most importantly though, I truly am sorry for abandoning everyone.
P.S. My old pictures are no longer around. I deleted them thinking I would never go back to FFXI. So this thread isn't so "special" anymore. I regret deleting them but I'm sure 90% of you are now at the content of where I was about a year ago. I cannot provide you with anything that you haven't already seen. Whether or not I want to resurrect this thread from anew depends on if I can supply images of what you guys want. Anywho... I have a couple to show you from last night's journey... for this is something you haven't seen just yet.
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