Taking a Break from Vana'diel

I've been playing Final Fantasy XI for just a little over 2 years now. It's been an off and on sort of affair as far as this game is concerned, with this game being my very first experience with an online game. So there was a lot of learning to be done and it was a slow process... (very very slow lol).

My highest jobs is 62 Samurai, 61 White Mage and 57 Black Mage. No level 75 jobs? Yeah, I never quite made it to the end like so many have. Ultimately though, I tried to care to reach that high up in level but never could keep myself convinced that I really needed to get there.

To the right is an old picture of my Samurai, his name is Alexandor. He is an Elvaan from the nation of San d'Oria.

When I first started out, I was so sure that I wanted to change to a different race and nation. But as time went on, I am sure glad I didn't. Sure an Elvaan is blind (hated those fights where it ended up missing on those attacks where the next hit would win the fight for either myself or the monster).

As its been stated in the previous 2 posts on this blog, there are new games on the horizon that I'm meaning to check out. Where does this leave my FFXI character? Well... that leaves 'em in the wayside it would appear. I took a couple months off last year, then came back and played through from September 05 until now (August 06). That is by no means a big deal, but for me that was the longest stretch of play that I've dished out and it took it's toll.

Needless to say, after going though a static group (where you form experience points parties with the same group of people), where there was a long list of issues and just so much trouble, it left me a little burnt out on FFXI. And unlike a lot of people, I can't hop onto World of Warcraft since my PC isn't up to par to handle it and also the fact that I'm a PS2 player. Eh. So there isn't really any alternative for me at this point.

I'm hoping if/when I do return to Vana'diel, this next run will be the one that will be where I finally hit level 75. It isn't something I'm determined to hit at this point, just more like something that I feel like is preventing me from fully leaving this game behind. Unfinished business some would say I guess. So hopefully Disgaea 2 and Final Fantasy XII will prove to be a good alternative, since I cannot take up any different online game.

If not, then it was a fun ride while it lasted and I am grateful to have made the few friends that I did during my time.