Hello fellow players!
I use to play FFXI on the PS2 at launch and played for a couple of years. I quit right as the second expansion was coming out.
I almost reached max level, being 1 or 2 levels away from it. I quit because the chore of waiting for a party, then grinding, took up way too much of my time.
Some of my best memories were of me and my friend battling Gil Farmers for a certain NM every morning.
My character was a THIEF/WARRIOR. The common setup was THIEF/NINJA, but I went WARRIOR for Provoke and the Weapon Damage boost.
Anyway, thank you for making it possible for me to play this amazing game again, and I'll see yall in game!

Hi, welcome (I'm new as well), what nation are you starting in? I'll try to add Jisatsu when I login later.

I'll start in Windurst. Gonna try to recreate my old charater

I'm an old player but first time to Nasomi, what's the best way to get started here? I'm starting as a WHM and then hope to go BST but it seems like Dunes is barren now... I could also use a friendly LS to chat with while leveling.

Dunes is not barren, the camps have changed and most of the time people do Lizards instead of crabs in the top left of the map now.

The tips I've been telling everyone for new players are.

Tips on this server:

1. You can access your Mog House's Sack/Satchel/Case anywhere. That's 150 instant slots to use.
2. You can put unlimited number of items on the AH. Just don't go to sales status.
3. Stay away from the giant winged Dragons that are randomly in the world. Those are OWNMs which are basically BCNMs but much harder, still level cap you and will kill you, they aggro on SIGHT.
4. Friend's List do not work, so create a Google doc to keep track of friends and also find a LS or 2. (Can equip 2)
5. There is a Chocobo Circuit which allows you to transfer from the main cities for 500 gil. Go from bastok to windy to sandy no problem.
6. Add Zeko to Google doc of friends list, that's me 55BST/37NIN/30WHM/30THF/18RDM/17BLM/5WAR
7. Nasomi has extended length of a monster being EP. You can get 30 exp from monsters much longer than retail and it is worth it for the extra crystals/quick exp when 2-3 shotting something depending on Job.
8. Some jobs have broken mechanics. Right now PuP is not that useful, and BLU has some physical Magic issues.
9. /Sea all inv will show a list of everyone looking for an invite. Put your flag up for invites.