I am about 5500 exp away from level 75. I started playing about 1 year ago, and have taken me long time to reach this. I am going to go for my level 75 tomorrow with a good Japanese friend of mine who resurrected my Bard career last summer.
A lot of people say Bard is the easy way to 75. It definetly has taken my time (considering I also level White Mage -- and I tends to branded as a White Mage from old timers ;p ), and I do rarely seek party. But my bard does not end at 75, neither does my game. I want to do merit points, and I have yet to level a DD or a melee job (something I really wanted to do). I will take my time even time off from the game if RL gets to me, but by my retirement will not come (unless forced to) until I see Al'Taieu and the Dynmais Lord falls before my alliance, nor will I retire when the friends that started with me are all gone.
I wished to say thanks to a few players that have helped me a lot or have been great friends of mine:
EN/EU players:
Daro, Nighte, Omegacloud, Dokimari, Maryanne, Diosa, Holyknightcecil, Dknightcecil, Zicrod, Sahn (retired), Marzipan (retired), Hobbes (retired), Frenzy, Fiercelink, Deis, Mimiruu (retired), Makenna (retired), Golden (retired), Sotaka, Safara, Delfin, Ozzymandeus, Andes, Branwen, Altrusit, Shimmer, Requil, Sparhawk, Snowden, Luchs, Natael, Rubedo, Elyas, Dukowsky (retired), Nebz, Maxemus, Pusspuss, Rachesis
JP/TW/HK players (if they ever read this ;p):
Marsroom (TW), Filim (TW), Lunaleska (TW), Aoife (JP), Popolu (TW), Saei (JP), Icebaby (HK), Waru (JP), Healthy (HK), Sofa (JP)
Everyone that are in KosenTekiOrder (KTO) - Ninja Turtles, Gaullimfry, Congolomerate-Bastok Finest (disbanded), We Stick Together (WST), TheChosen, and Heart Of Epicure (HoE) -- I wish to say Thanks.
I can never imagined I met a lot of good people in the game. I wish everyone can enjoy the game the way they want, and I want to stay in contact with the people I met in the game even after I retire. If it is not the people in the game, I would have quited a long time ago.
Edited, Tue Mar 22 14:22:35 2005 by scchan
Edit: Added a few forgotten names
Edited, Wed Mar 23 13:12:19 2005 by scchan