A Fresh Startaru - Again!

When I rejoined FFXI last year, it was great... but I remember not being sure of what to do: I'd been out of the loop for so long that I'd lost track of what I'd done and what I needed to do, and as a result I drifted away from FFXI again.

Unable to keep away any longer, I began a fresh, new account, starting up Kixxi again from scratch. Anuka swapped to her Taru alt, Chinchi, and we began levelling together, both level one, both new characters.



It was so much fun - everything was new, fresh and I didn't have any "what have I done, what haven't I done" issues, as I hadn't done anything, so talking to NPCs gave me those old quests I had done six years ago and hadn't really understood. This time I was able to relive those old moments but it all made sense this time.

Also, fighting seemed so much easier. OK, so we had the Novennial Ring (the ninth anniversary equivalent of the Anniversary Rings), but they seemed to have given massive XP boosts for killing, so whereas EP mobs used to give around 15xp, they were giving around 80-90 or so. With me on MNK, and Chinchi on WHM, we were able to duo EMs and Ts, giving us hundreds of XP per kill!