I remember~

[Thorny]

I remember when Thorny was mithra

i remember being 72 nin hating on dragash for having unji/unsho

granted that faggot wore them in the wrong order because he thought stat bonuses were amplified in mainhand

also remember when i was the gimp hating on everyone with better gear instead of the current gimps hating on me

[Carmi]

- I remember when Rustymetal and his friend ported around sky and craigs, fucking with GMs etc.

[Klutz]

I remember when Ghelsba used to be packed with people farming fire crystals.
I remember when farming was pulling a shitload of mobs and using an AoE WS.
I remember Chain 10 was something you bragged about to your LS.
I reemmber when getting PL'ed was literally a treat, and not a "requirement"...
I remember WARs tanking all the way to Lv. 30.
I remember when using GAxe as WAR was looked down upon.
I remember having Leaping/Hairpin as THF was "omgwtfl337THF".
When WHM was the ONLY main healer.
When not having a BLM was PT disband.
When having HQ staves was a huge deal.
When Selbina-Mhaura ship had at least 7-8 people on it at a time.
When airships were packed with like 20 people at a time. <_<
When DRGs had Barone Corazza they were RICH AS ALL HELL.
WhenTH4 THF was god. Period.
When Dynamis Lord was the hardest kill in the game.
When having Raise III as WHM made you the ultimate WHM.
When someone having an NQ SH made the whole PT gasp.
When someone having an NQ Hauby made the whole PT gasp.
When Meditate gave you instant 100 TP and not TP/tick.
When fish botting could simply be done by taping your controlling and setting your keyboard to auto.
When I "GM icon'ed" Tenzen path for CoP, lulz.
When having Black Belt was unheard of.
When people farmed by trading in sheepskins or bat wings to their respective NPCs for like 300 gil a trade, lolol.
When getting Magicked Skull meant a trip to Gusgen Mines.
When beating Maat was something you announced to all of Jeuno are you finished him.
When having 1 75 job was fapworthy, having two meant you didn't have a life.
When soloing prime avatars was fucking awesome.
When promys were the most RAGEWORTHY FUCKING THING EVER. UGH.
When CoP 4-2? Ouryu, was seriously the biggest accomplishment for me ever on this game. Went 1/1, but with the worst setup ever, pre-nerf.
When level sync didn't, exist, lol.
When Easy Prey mobs in W.Ron gave 25 XP, not 80 XP. ._.
When having Rank 10 was like having a relic.
When we used to have /shout arguments with BST over taking XP mobs for pets.
When the "secret room" in CN had like 4 parties in it all the time.
When Mushussus were the most terrifying mob in the game, all the PTs in CN were always like "dude if you aggro a Mushu you're on your own."
When even managing to get a coffer in Oztroja ever for your AF was a huge accomplishment, because of Astral Farmers and RMT.
When there would be like 50+ people at Mee Deggi. >_>
When Ridill THF was an awesome setup. >_>
When Maneater/Woodsville was the end-all combo for WAR/NIN.
When bazaaring a KC or Thief Knife for 99,999,999 meant you lost gil.
When the day the THF Knife update came around my THF friend quit because he was so mad. He spent 4 months in Uggalepih for that knife.
When Sandy, Windy, and Bastok AHs used to be PACKED.
When you would run your Lv. 1 mule to Jeuno.
When I made like 5k a grass farming Gausebut grass from the flies in Meri. Mountains for Choco quest.
When you would tell your PT in Qufim "Brb, gotta feed choco for choco quest". LOL.
When MPK'ing existed. Period.
When Serket was an 18-man deal, lol.
When a zoned train of mobs in CN meant PT disband, because the crawlers and beetles took two hours to get back. ><
When Nation aketons first came out.
When MNK sucked until 60, and then everyone wanted one after that.
When 60-63 was the worst time ever, Toramas in Labyrinth of Onzozo... UGH.
When you had to be on-time for Ballista, or there would be no room for you.
When I thought "Refresh" effect on a piece of armor meant 3 MP/tick. <_<
When I thought "Haste+" on armor meant only under the effect of a Haste spell.
When RNG could melee and shoot and not be gimped.
When I did nothing but Piercing Arrow -> Viper bite for like 35 levels. ><
When farming in low areas still meant good gil.
When Aquarius dropped good shit. >_>
When auto-translated things like (Galka)(Meat) were actually funny. Man..
When I dreamed in being in TeamKANICAN on my server. Still a huge JP HNMLS.
When I still played this game period. Left yesterday. ^^

Good times.

[darkepyon]

I remember when FFXI was first announced alongside FFX in 2000 and thinking "OMG an online FF game! That's gonna be so cool!"
I remember May of 2002 and hearing about the bogus game keys from people that imported.
I remember the "GOB TO ZONE" shouts in the dunes and other popular areas.
I remember trying to lose a goblin in the jungles then getting hit by dream flower thanks to a party fighting a nearby mandragora.

[Biggie]

I remember a full alliance of noobs without sub jobs failing to a Ghoul in the dunes...... One by one he made all 18 of us eat the sand.

[Quixon]

I remember farming wind crystals in La Theine Plateau for money.

[Lucavi]

I remember meeting Sath in the dunes, long, LONG ago...

[solkanar]

I remember the first time I left town, getting to level 6, and running into Spinny Sipipi thinking he was some unbeatable mob...
I remember getting 9mil for my first ODS treasure pool
I remember finishing CoP 4 days before the big nerf patch

[Aurara]

i remember doing CoP 8-3 and winning with 4 seconds left. i remember getting to lufaise meadows for the first time and freaking out. I remember getting sea and living there for a week straight farming organs for Gorgets.

[Eldelphia]

I remember when noble's tunics were 14m
I remember when Raise III was 3m
I remember checking which side of the map the other party xping in Moon was on
I remember the line of fishbots on the bridge just before Korroloka Tunnel
I remember teaming up with anyone in the area to kill the o bow NM whilst xping in Gustav
I remember spamming Utsu Ichi quest on mules, 105 ziinc 220 yag necks at a time... just to buy the 14m Nobles lol and selling it for 800k-1.2m apiece
I remember when there was competition to camp the Holy Ampulla NM in SSG
I remember being excited to be invited to KRT MNK parties
I remember xping on bats etc in KRT in the 50s

[Xno Kappa]

I remember being able to easily farm my way to an item of my dreams before SE nerfed my income.

[Corrderio]

When I "GM icon'ed" Tenzen path for CoP, lulz.

Eh? What do you mean?

[Aurara]

i remember guivre

[Despain]

I remember trying to beat bots to Deggi/Domi.

Also, back when I got a pair of leaping boots of Leaping Lizzy. Made me rich for a weekend.

[Corrderio]

i remember guivre

I remember getting ate by that bastard on the way to Cape Terrigan

[Aurara]

i remember DH being 25m.

[dantaro]

I remember 5-10k fire clusters

[Aurara]

i remember getting n.body for thf and freaking out

[Corrderio]

I remember that one Christmas event where you needed to trade a card to a character who had a certain job in a certain level range.

I remember seeing Yowie during the first summerfest and being scared shitless thinking I was going to die.

[Aurara]

i remember when DI came out