Ah…the good old days when Final Fantasy XI was the only decent MMORPG available before World of Warcraft took over the online gaming market. At the time, Fullmetal Alchemist was a huge in both Japan and the US. What happens when you take the citizens of Vana’diel into the world of Hagaren? An awesome flash video! This video was made several years ago by a Japanese FFXI player, who is obviously a fan Hagaren, taking character elements from Final Fantasy XI (which is now commonly known as Machima) and the fourth opening theme of FMA, featuring “Rewrite” preformed by J-Rock group, Asian Kung-Fu Generation. The results are sweet. The next time you go to Bastok, don’t forget to see Colonel Mustang!

Part Two of Worst. Server. Ever. is here, and I’m going to discuss Final Fantasy XI this week. This is another server that went bad when it was fresh…

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While I was browsing around for unnecessary files on my 88% full hard drive on my Desktop using WinDirStat, I found the ‘SquareEnix’ folder was still there, though I uninstalled it back in the Spring, since it was decided that I wasn’t going to play it anymore since WoW is the frequently used MMORPG on my computer. It’s taking up 500 MB…I need as much space as possible. I want to delete this folder…but, wait. What’s in it? It’s mouse cursors used in Final Fantasy XI! I can’t let this go to waste…so what do I do with them? Use them! This is a nice little present for three years of being a loyal player…

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In the newest issue of Square-Enix’s Final Fantasy XI newsletter, it mentions a new playable class will be introduced at the upcoming FFXI Fan Festival. In addition to Puppetmaster and Corsair classes introduced in the Treasures of Aht Urgan, we welcome Wings of the Goddess’ “Dancer” as the ninth alternative in the advanced job roster. My opinion? Just give it up already, Square. If I were still playing, I would have given Dancer a shot. I assume it will go along perfectly with Bards, just like in Ragnarok Online. However I’m afraid that time is running out for Vana’diel, in terms of enjoyment. I’m afraid that Final Fantasy XI is done for, especially since World of Warcraft’s Wrath of the Lich King’s Death Knight will own all of the timely (pun intended, if you have played FFXI and it took you two+ years to get to level 75) classes.

I used to be in this Linkshell, which will remain nameless, but it had a white Linkpearl that was recognized through some parts of Vana’diel. It was a Linkshell for helping other people out, but to me (and an Elvaan player), it was just about becoming an elite player.

The way every talked in the Linkshell seems kind of weird. They would say something like “lool, I’m gonna be level 75!1!.” Well, not like that, but it really bugged me. I hesitated to ask for help from them, so I always went to TheTrueAlliance or waited until someone else shouted for the same thing I needed.

It was a month before I suddenly disappeared from Vana’diel when a new Elvaan member joined the LS. He happened to be right in front of me when I was hanging around Lower Jeuno. After some conversation with the sack holder and the regulars, the Elvaan said “Thanks for letting me join your LS, but I think it’s time to move on. Take care.” I think that was kind of rude, but after a while I realize why he left: He doesn’t want to hang around a bunch of elite wannabe noobs.

After I returned to the game, I thought it over and decided to drop the pearl and move on. Life has been wonderful with out these guys. They had probably broken up before I came back, but however, it’s best not to run into this Linkshell, even if they have regroup with another Linkshell. That goes for another LS with a bright yellow Linkpearl that had the same rep of this one, but worse. I started to join them, so I signed up on their website, but I remembered my experiences with the white-pearl LS, so I just abandoned it.