First off, I'd just like to say that Autechre is my friend and a good damn person, there for, everything he says is correct without contestation.
I've been taking a break from FFXI, since Epi split, I can't really decide what I want to do. This is actually the first time I've even looked at FFXI anything in a week, and it's all drama. The crazy sh[b][/b]it is, I miss it >.<
Honestly I could care less about the skill of the player because when I still sign on after three years to kill the same damn NM I was when in my first year, it's not because I'm so much better than I was, or because my friends are so uber that it's fun. it's because I really miss the players behind the character. Believe it or not, I think about this game a lot, and i miss the people we've lost.
Yea, for what it's worth, I miss Zuz and Tado too. Even constant fighting and **** kicking builds a bond between two players.
I've hated Daperfectkill ever since he outlotted me on a Magiced Skull in Valkurm Dunes like 3 years ago that dropped from a Skeleton I SOLOED. But the other day I ended up doing Dynamis with him, and it was actually nice to see him.
Skill is cool, soloing is cool, gear is cool, but it's the players behind the toon that make this game worth playing.
oh, except Qinnydar... complete n00b, and gil seller.