Well, it's been almost a month now since I started this thread. I haven't checked back in much to see people's opinions on the game. I read a few replies and some stuff from the threads on the front page and just left with the belief that the general populace is truly happy with the changes brought with the raising of the level cap and the addition of Abyssea. Their's no reason for me to voice the good and bad raising the level cap and adding Abyssea content to the game. Everyone knows what's changed and their's no point in reminding anyone. I want to reply to this thread with apologies first for the necro bump but also to just share the positives the game has brought to me over the years.

This game has been the most wonderful experience I've ever had the pleasure of experiencing and I'm going to miss it more than I can possibly type in a post. The feelings I still get when I listen to the tracks of the different zones and battles within the game cannot be expressed enough. The people I've met have been so good to me and I've done the best I can to be good and loyal to them. Their's been some downs but the ups have greatly outweighed them. I achieved everything I hoped to in my time playing and I look back on my time spent online and don't regret a minute of it. I kept it simple and it turned out great. I find it so awesome that even after having taken so much part in the hardcore endgame scene for so long that I can still find some of the greatest appreciation in the most simple things within the game. As I sit back and listen to tracks from Vanilla XI and reminisce on the great low level parties I was apart of, I remember too how much fun I had in the teamwork involved with so much within the game. I never knew what patience was. I never knew what it was like to really work towards achieving something. The game taught me both in great amounts. That has to be what I walk away from this game feeling the best about.

Sorry for keeping it so sappy. I want to end this with a thank you to everyone that made the ride so damn enjoyable. I will miss more than anything just logging on and talking to friends. I will miss the good times this game brought forever. The community has kept this game going strong for as long as it has. Thank you all for making this game the greatest game I've ever played.