A final Farewell?

Perhaps this is my final farewell. Who knows for sure. I know that Pus and Zeit have probably seen my post on our Dynamis LS site as to the problems I have been having connecting to the game and they have probably shared that issue with you guys. It’s still happening and even though I have made numerous phone calls to all sorts of tech’s with various different companies the situation has not changed.

Trust me when I say I have spent countless hours trying to resolve the problem and nothing has improved the situation at all. I still haven’t canceled my account (which is why my name isn’t grayed out like darknessfalls is on the front page) as I still cling to a small hope that the issue can and will be fixed. To be honest though, I am losing faith. I will pay the April bill and keep my account active to give me a few more weeks of hope. However, if April 30th comes and nothing has changed it will mark the end of an era in my life. With that said there is a lot I would like to say to those in Spirit Link.

First and foremost: Thank you. I couldn’t imagine having progressed as far in the game as I have when I first started. It seemed hitting 75, while a long and distant goal, was possible anything beyond that I would forever struggle due to the limitations placed on my playing time. Spirit Link accepted those limitations and helped me through missions and quest I never thought I would have the opportunity to do.

This mostly refers of course to the journey that was COP. It’s generally hard enough to find people to do any COP mission with. The biggest complaint most people have is they get one mission done then have to start the shouting for a party for the next mission all over again. We didn’t have this issue, even though our “static” was never below 7 people. 7 people meaning every battle, mission, BC or whatnot we did multiple times. No one complained or argued we just kept at it until we were done. This was an LS accomplishment and one I was proud to be apart of. Thank you to Zeitsev, Pusarah, Keeva, Lyiea, Marlow, Janaka, Hemdall and Darknessfalls. Special thanks to Marlow who really helped drive this in the beginning.

Thanks to all the Limbus members as well (yes more or less the same people). To be honest limbus was the one thing I enjoyed most about the game. It didn’t take up too much time like Dynamis did, was challenging without being overly difficult, and the way we ran them was more reminiscent of how the old XP parties used to be with all the actual SC’s and MB’s we did. The whole experience was just a blast for me.

To all the other members of spirit Link you have my thanks as well. Helping me with key hunts and getting rid of latent effects. Coming out to help me with my Parade Gorget, numerous amounts of BCNM and enm, getting to rank 10 and countless other activities people helped me with I will remember and be thankful for. It made the game I played worth it. I only hope I was able to help as many of you and was as good a LS mate as I could have been.

And finally I can not say farewell without mentioning Janaka, Damn, Darknessfalls, and Dalilah. It’s hard to imagine playing FFXI without thinking of all of you. I met Janaka and Damn more or less on day 1, well over 2 years ago and Darknessfalls and Dal not much long after. If I was to list all the things we had been able to do, the missions and quest, this post would turn into a novel. We stayed together through multiple LS break ups (4?) and in all the time we have played never once had any disagreements or ill feelings towards one another. If I was leaving on my own terms and handing out gifts anything I had, though I was never a rich player, would be yours for the taking.

Farewell Spirit Link.

With great sadness,

Malaketh


For those interested in emailing me you can contact me at malakethx@hotmail.com. And yes I do check that account fairly regularly as I use it to set up a lot of crap I don’t want to get spam from in my work email address.