Okay, this is by far the most embarassing thing I've ever done on FFXI, and that's saying a lot.
I got invited to an arrowburn party in Boyahda, as the sole RDM/WHM heal/gravity/whatever. I get all the way up to the party, and notice that one member is low on hp, so I reach for my Cure III macro.
Only, I wasn't on the right macro set, and I had instead hit an NM-pulling macro: /targetnpc, /ma "Dia". I watched in horror as, instead of curing the ranger, my character slapped Dia on the nearest giant fly monster, who promptly linked all his friends. The party scattered, but it was no use, the flies tracked them all down and mercilessly slaughtered them.
Party disbanded after that. I stopped playing Red Mage for a little while.
Bonus points: most of the party was Japanese, and they kept saying something in katakana after it happened. My wife, who can read it better than I can, walked over and said: "Oh, they're making horn noises. You know, 'waaanhh-waaanhh-waaaaaaaaa~'". Plus these cute little anime faces running around being scared. At least they had a sense of humour about it. :P
Edited, Mon Sep 26 15:33:11 2005 by SindlWhale