Johnny is so excited he can't contain himself. FFXI was indeed a magical time.

My memory: My character named "Noob" died in the dunes and luckily someone shouted for a raise. Raise at for Noob please. Random shout "dont call the dead guys noobs please!" Reply "Hes really named Noob!" Reply "ohh ok then lol"

@JediRone

3 жыл бұрын

LOL!

@shutup1037

3 жыл бұрын

wow that's nice. Normally people just laugh or ignore

@blackkkabllakkcaa

2 жыл бұрын

Hilarious#

@monsutaman1

2 жыл бұрын

Late to the party, but I noticed people don't shout for raises anymore lol.....

@blackkkabllakkcaa

2 жыл бұрын

@@monsutaman1 ha they do on Wingsxi private server lol

Man, I wish I had a friend with this kind of passion for games...

While I now consider myself to be retired from the world of M.M.O.s after having played several over the past 15-20 years, F.F. XI is the only one that, when I think about it again, still gives me the "itch"...

Leaping Lizzy, Valkurm Emperor, and Argus... I spent days at a time camping these damn NMs... Also, having to carry a bow, crossbow, and pistol + ammo stacks for all was a chore. That was the life of a Ranger in FFXI.

I love this guys, golden age FFXI was the bomb one of the best experiences ive ever had

This video was like therapy for me, my friends all moved on when ffxiv came out but i didn't so i never got the chance to remenice like this. Thankyou for this.

@limppickle4306

4 жыл бұрын

I know this comment is a little old, but you should check out XIV. It's a really well made game

I'll always have a soft spot for FFXI in my heart, so many good times ☺️

I remember zoning into a massive beating at the crawlers nest. People used to train tons of crawlers right to the opening and anyone who walked in unsuspecting got destroyed. It was a great game. So many memories.

I’ll never forget fishing for angel skins in a cave by myself with all my competition. I remember specifically leveling thief for the extra drop chance, I wanted to be rich and I wanted to have all the good stuff lol. What a game this was the memories will last a lifetime.

I revisit this episode every year Johnny. Would love if you did another talk on FF11 and the golden years of MMOs

@ericmcclenahan3885

11 ай бұрын

Me too

I wish I had someone to reminisce with. Getting to the dunes alone was amazing

@katyaaustermuhl88

27 күн бұрын

The orcs in La Theine ;-;

I've been waiting forever for this video. I wish I could have played XI when it was new...

I just started back playing 11 played from 2006-2015 and now back 2019 and I love hearing your nostalgic experience, especially the one you had with the drk, stuff like this is what made 11 truly great 👍👍

This conversation earned my subscription. Such classic memories. Thanks for sharing.

I played Bard from 2003-2007 and I main bard in FFXIV since release, so no waiting on parties for me! XD But FFXI had a feeling to it I've yet to feel with other games, you guys hit the nail on the head, everything, EVERYTHING in that game meant something.

O M G. Im almsot weeping seeing this. So many hours, so much fun. First run in the city, first rabbit kills/bee kills, the run from San d'Oria/Bastok to Jueno, getting killed by a battering ram, Dlvling, the dunes, the ship, "Looking for party", your first linkshell, endgame, thiefs knife, kraken club, camping, HNMs, all the lolz at the camping zones, DRAMA, a online flirt. Take me back, if only for a day... Greetings from the Diabolos server. Quit back in 08/09

@kas005

7 жыл бұрын

Someone needs to make a time machine. I would love to do it all over again. Great memories and made some great friends.

I played Everquest (PC) for years and it's uncanny how similar some of your experiences in FFXI are to some of mine from EQ. Corpse runs, trains, grinding for hours on end for exp and gear. The comraderie with other players. Ah the good ole days.

I LOVE FFXI. That was the best experience of my life. What nostalgia.

Greatest moment in AGG history is relived. Thanks for this video Johnny and Pete!

I can relate to every single topic they discussed. Such memories. The game was so hard that every single achievement was an amazing sense of accomplishment.

best job ever Blue Mage ...... fun ... Hard .... Does everything .... and had to work to get your spells

Johnny you trip me out, your excitement is contagious

6 months late, but this video is by far the longest video I watched all the way through. Johnny you da man, but Pete remembered way more stuff about ffxi. Appreciate this, made me think back to when this game took up a nice portion of life. Damn, really enjoyed this video about ffxi. Makes me feel old and young at the same time.

Your FF11 addiction video was the first video of yours I saw. This is a cool follow up to it.

I can relate to you guys so much lol. It’s super exciting when you meet someone in real life that actually played XI. It feels like such an obscure game even though it’s a successful MMO. I went to hang out with a friend one day and I saw her boyfriend playing XI and we were both freaking out because we were so excited to meet another person who played XI. Went home that night and transfered to his server lol

never played 11 but the way you guys speak about it makes feel the enjoyment that you guys had.

The hardest and "grindiest" MMOs are always the most rewarding.

@huey6248

7 жыл бұрын

Dragon quest

@deetsitmeisterjd

7 жыл бұрын

Is there any game that is similar to the kind of experience that Johnny and Pete are taking about that is a single player game? it's sounds fascinating, specifically, travelling taking ages through treacherous lands and grinding for difficult item (I love grinding)

@huey6248

7 жыл бұрын

deetsitmeisterjd dragon quest

@deetsitmeisterjd

7 жыл бұрын

Apollo DA yeah, which one? Because they are story focused with a limited world, especially the older ones. I presume The most similar is 9? If that is the one that's online, (not the mmo)

@huey6248

7 жыл бұрын

deetsitmeisterjd play 9, 8, 7 and u will probably love the series and want to play 4, 5 , 6

I could relate to so much of what you guys said. The pride you felt when people would immediately ask you to join their EXP party as soon as you logged online or the moment a piece of gear dropped to you that had a 5% chance to drop...so exhilarating. The good old days when Nyzul first came out or the time a Defending ring dropped when fighting king behemoth. Good times.

FF11 in its prime....good times, memories, friendships

FFXI Nostalgia club! I`m a member too! I think I played it for about 8 or 9 years...

i love listening to u guys talk about this so much! i was hooked on WoW for 4 years when it first came out, and i can really relate to your stories! (although ffxi seems like it was crazy hard in many ways, like getting guides to get through areas etc). love it! and no one can tell u guys to stop talking in this vid, compared to that podcast hehe!

You guys reminiscing about the old FFXI is exactly how I reminisce about the old MapleStory. It was addicting, you needed dedicated friends if you wanted to run party quests (dungeons), rare drops were actually RARE (and you were praised if you had such gear), dying took so much hard earned exp (didn't de-level you, but still sucked compared to the tiny % you lose now), getting to lvl 30 took as long as it takes to get to lvl 130 nowadays, I could go on forever... Basically how it is nowadays is how Pete described how FFXI is nowadays.

Johnny and Pete were one of the first KZreadrs I subbed to back in 2010, and it's so cool to see them still hanging out and chatting about games, just like the older days of the community and when Johnny was still on the All Gen Gamers!

AHHH i can't believe i only just saw this, but I'm so happy to hear that others relate to and love the game as much as I did. I still miss it today.

It's been a while since I played FFXI. I really miss the game. Thanks HCG & PeteDorr for bringing back these good memories.

Lol Leaping Lizzy FTW I have been able to get a total of 20 pairs to drop for my LS. SAM/THF combo was the perfect combo to get things to drop all the DPS Def and Drop rates. Scorpion Harness was still a perfect item for end game for the accuracy at end game. My god why are you guys making me remember all this.

Thanks for bringing back those memories!!!

I hope there is more parts to this at some point, that was a good video

I had this same experience except with Runescape instead of FFXI. The game took over my life for a while, and was my first MMO I had ever played as a kid. It came down to the point where I cared about my in-game character and the life I had in-game more than my actual life in reality. I would literally be in school just thinking about what I'd be doing when I got home, and planning out every little thing I wanted to get accomplished that night. When I met other people like me later on in high school, we like instantly became best of friends and shared all of our knowledge and experiences.

@Invincible-Under-the-Sun

6 жыл бұрын

GamingTaylor Same here I still look back on it a lot. Like these guys, I still remember being able to buy rune armor, and then getting membership, buying a blue mask for 20mil and then selling it 150mil a year later. I remember fishing sharks all day with my blue mask and tan blue d-hide and people would just stay and talk to me like I was a rockstar.

@TRKTKO

6 жыл бұрын

Same here, I can't wait until it comes to mobile. Oldschool Runescape that is. What a game. They still work on it too. They have a KZread channel. ^^

I've never been more addicted to a video game as I was to FFXI and no other game has ever captured me since

I swear you 2 need a show together your chemistry is amazing

Passtschon of Ifrit checking in. I loved listening to your memories... we share much of the same one. My most proud moment was finally getting a Vali's Bow for my RNG after about a month or or so of daily camping.

Lol I've been waiting for this video forever!!! Thanks Happyconsolegamer!

Two KZread legends! Great episode guys, you should do more episodes of you two just talking

Man, I'm just starting Final Fantasy and hearing these stories and peoples passion for this game is cool as hell. The fact they did so many sequels all the way from back in the 8 bit era just shows that I've got some shit to look forward to. Im really exited. I started FF on NES yesterday. Spent like around 3 hours on it. Def gonna go back n dabble. Gonna start 2 n 3 asap. Not gonna limit myself to having to complete each n every one except some maybe. Could have started with PS1 version of FF but I wanted to keep it real. Played it on my NES classic. Great vid guys! Love how u put Pete Dorr Edition lol awesome....pete we know u escaped from KZread to start a family but u need to comeback, not really just how I think sometimes. These great KZreadrs u see disappear I always think that. They've escaped and there becoming normalised :p which sux but yeh its necessary in life but def comeback bro, so much generic crap on here now. I watch all old vids tbh. Most vids I watch are old. Anyway, I'm ranting, PEACE

ffxi back in the days on ps2 n xbox 360 later on were magicial days THERE IS NO GAME LIKE FFXI NOT EVEN TODAY it was and still is the best n still going

Great video. Thanks for sharing. 28 years old back then?! That means you are about 40 now! You look really alive and young. I had my addiction period at about age 24-26. I stopped MMOs for a long time, because I couldn't control it. Now I play it every day, but I can manage life and MMO at the same time (finally).

oh god the nostalgia from hearing you guys, i'm downloading the game now i will spend the crysta i had there and play for a month

Haha I remember hearing that All Gen Gamers podcast five years ago. I feel old.

Great memories! Summed up perfectly Johnny. This was the closest game to capture the feeling of Dungeons and Dragons. The game was truly a world in itself. Anyone remember Skill-Chains?

Wish you did more of these

its funny, ive never played this game, but the sheer passion that you guys project for this game makes this video extremely enjoyable.

To sum it up, FFXI felt like real life. Where there was endless possibilities and social interaction paired with a sense of accomplishment for the things you did and completed. Non of this new streamline bullshit that allows you to que into dungeons within seconds and basically making gear easily obtained by everyone which in contrast to FFXI where you had to work for hours and days and weeks to get shit done and separate the casuals from the hardcore niche. Eliminating HNMs and making them force pop was a slap to the face for all those who camped endless hours of Fafnir for a ridill or Aspid for that rare Dalmatica and my personal favorite King Vinegaroon for dat Ace's Helm. Hopefully it is remastered one day without a post 75 CAP abyssea. Repping for FAIRY SERVER XODLA - 75 SAM/NIN/PLD/BLM

@Justuas

7 жыл бұрын

You liked camping against bots? You liked waiting for hours doing nothing? What's wrong with you?

@simplydusty330

7 жыл бұрын

what did you like to do? go play WoW

@Justuas

7 жыл бұрын

SimplyDusty I don't play WoW. I play FFXI.

@sukasaroth

6 жыл бұрын

Sukasaroth from Fairy server circa 2004!

@leiyoh3311

6 жыл бұрын

True story- I waited 4 years to get a sword... and 8 years to get a ring! Was it worth it? I don't know. Do I regret it? I don't know... I don't know, man! I do not know! lol

this is so weird just yesterday i went back and re listened to that episode ....such a classic AGG moment!!

I'd like to hear more stories! You guys rock! X)

Johnny, you have a great personality and disposition. Keep up the good work!

I think you could safely play the game again without getting sucked back in. The nostalgia will at max last a week. You'll be able to go through these old areas and see the sights and hear the music, but it will be deserted. When I played more recently, it was sad seeing so few players. But in a way, I liked wondering through these areas by myself. My more recent visit back to the game, the big memorable moment for me was visiting the area in the jungle near Temple of Uggalepih. I felt like I was walking through a memory. It was very surreal. But in that little visit, I was able to feel that immersion again. I just said to myself "I'm going to visit my favorite old areas and put this game to rest". For several days, I seriously just wondered around, occasionally hunting old favorite NM's, doing nothing but reminiscing about the time I played the game. I would recall wonderful memories of times with friends. The experience was enough to make it worth it to come back, but I didn't feel obligated to stay.

8:43 Had me rolling! Johnny's shock reaction that he ran into someone that actually picked that job (I'm sure he was always wondering who would pick a job like that while playing the game). Then Pete's reaction, the most somber tone, "Johnny, I picked the worst jobs in the world to play."

Passion is exploding from these two. Never played the game, but I can just feel how great it must have been by how they talk about it. Diablo 2 was the closest thing for me. I played that game so much. I had a 96 javazon, a 93 barbar, and a 91 zealot. Pretty much maxed equipment.

Great work guys

That was a legendary AGG episode.

I can see the love for this game from you guys. True vets of of FFXI

man seeing these guys so excited for the game makes me wanna try ffxi

@MasterNochi

7 жыл бұрын

AZNAZN same but I'm sure is not the same anymore

@Mchlgraca15

7 жыл бұрын

AZNAZN it might not be like the old times as far as exp parties...but the zones...the music...the enviorments are all the same and worth seeing

@jackdyer9562

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah the experience will likely never be same and it's really not just being old school/OG pessimistic. The game has changed so much that you would never get the same experience from the beginning of the era.

A++ video. I was manager in a videogame store, and we had access to beta FF11 back then. Got addicted to the difficulty quickly, even thought i probably liked nothing about the game. The challenge of getting even small amount of gils (money), the unforgiving loss of xp if you "try", the almost impossible items to get, waking up, at 3 o'clock in the morning with some linkshell friends to camp "Malborger" (The malboro that gives the item 1/3 for monk's brown belt), being stuck at CoP early missions until they unlocked them at 99, etc. I've played almost all mmo's. When i meet ex linkshell members irl, they always have this special look in their eyes meaning "I know, i suffered too, but we were together".

The Nasomi Server for FFXI still has the 2007 content. It's setup to the same patches that were ran in CoP.

wow the memories... your talk of trains reminded me of the days in Crawler's Nest.

Super interesting I would love to hear more.

I never got a chance to play this game but goddamn this is a comfy channel. Hearing people share their personal experiences with games, especially mmos, is so nice. I really miss this era of gaming... Also the guy on the right is hot

I started ffxi around the end of July 2004 a year after I got out of high school. I remember some of my early memories was thesummer festival. It felt like a real life event was going on. You had fireworks going on at night, you had that awesome Japanese summer music playing. I remember gathering goldfish for thr event, it was a blast. Oh man Christmas was super awesome, you would get a Christmas Jueno theme I believe the 1st year I played was when they had the Santa hat. The game was just amazing. I still play every so often but the game has definitely changed to a mostly solo experience. There are some big party end game stuff left but not a whole lot. This was my addiction threw out my 20's up to 30's. I'll be 34 this year....

Just found this, oooohh the memories!

I've watched so many videos of people gushing over FF11 and talking about crazy experiences. Hearing these stories and seeing the excitement just light up people's faces, it has me fascinated with this game and wishing I played it in its golden years. I was an FF player back then, but was heavily invested in 10 & 10-2. (I had excess of 1000 hours concentrated into just 2 individual playthroughs, don't ask me how) Plus I was deeply opposed to subscription-based games/services (and still am for the most part). To this day, the grand total of my MMO experiences is a 10-day trial of WoW back in 2005. I played basically non-stop for those 10 days and then stopped cold forever. But hearing these stories about FF11 makes me want to get the game and play on the private Eden server in hopes of experiencing some of the magic I hear so many talk about.

I dunno, you held my attention for 30min... more more!!!

Y'all are making me nostalgic for a game I never was able to play =( I might give it a try now though

Great video!

I always wanted to play FFXI back in the hey day but it was really cool hearing about how hard things were. I definitely had similar experiences when it came to the first 3 years of WoW compared to where it's at now

I started in 2002 on ps2 and played off and on for several years. My names was Leverton on the Caitsith server. I got to level 71 or 72 Paladin. I absolutely loved this game and it creates such nostalgia reminiscing about it. Great memories.

loved that podcast

I played in the good ol days of FFXI in 2004 and I miss those times! Over the years I have played FFXI on and off since then. I currently am playing the new FFXI and I love the changes. I don't have the time to level in parties. While it was great at the time, I am loving exploring the world at my own pace with my trust npc group!

@Tetsu9701

6 жыл бұрын

SO they've taken the Multiplayer out of MMO?

y'all need to add another 28 minutes to this conversation. it was too danm short :D

@hellodarkness5644

2 жыл бұрын

If your still alive half a decade later, i agree with ya i loved this

@sageky

2 жыл бұрын

@@hellodarkness5644 yup, still here. :)

I came to a point where I had 2 accounts just to power level the other. I ended up with 2 Beastmasters at 75 and duoing anything at Incredibly Tough was a joy.

omg such a great conversation. it is always this was when u find someone that shared memories with u about ffxi. im downloading Nasomi free to play FFXI servers now. apparently its a vanilla version of the game, join me!

Great discussion.

I played Beastmaster and it was awesome. We were way too busy soloing it up and trying to survive to ever say hi to passerbys. And yeah, it was a ton of fun to join a party as BST and prove ppl wrong about BST abilities to be effective in a party.

Even though I've never played final fantasy XI, I can appreciate and respect the stories that come out of this game. It just goes to show you that Pete Dorr and the Happy Console Gamer are excellent storytellers.

Johnny was talking about sniper's ring, dropped from Stroper Chyme in ordelles caves! I remember, I had to google the location name though! No one ever went to ordelles except for that drop.

@ididntwin

7 жыл бұрын

PS: One day i'm totally gonna buy you guys drinks and reminisce about FFXI. I've never met anyone IRL I can tell the stories and experiences i've had in that game!

really great video

I have been playing XI for 16 years now & my fondest memory is beating maat as SMN, great vid.

Also , black mages and white mages working as taxis was awesome!

@Krucifus

7 жыл бұрын

Ah, the old teletaxi...the Uber drivers of FFXI :P

@albertogallegos5966

7 жыл бұрын

Amen. Because teleport and warps are privilege not a right.

@matheuscpn

7 жыл бұрын

I totally forgot about that. I leveled up White Mage so I could get a few tips by teleporting people out of Jeuno... 1k free money for 1 min of my time? that was awesome

I stared with EQ1 while in the Army. After leaving the Army I started on my PS2 Day One. No job = TOO much FFXI. I Loved this game. I can't imagine playing this game while in school, holding a job or having a SO. I still dream about the music...:)

oh god this is all way too relatable. I will never forget when a friend and I camped and got Monster Signa, which was an amazing and rare Bard item. We were so level we almost died during the fight, but the higher levels who were camping it caved in and healed us, and the staff dropped. Everyone started clapping for us, and that was like, the best gaming moment of my life.

Evkimr of Shiva server , been off and on , havent been on for 2 yrs..but i miss it dearly...i hope to go back soon on pc

Marlboro MPK! God I miss MPK trains in Qufim. *sigh* those were the days, and we didn't even realize it at the time.

@Xhyllos1

7 жыл бұрын

Yep. I get tears just thinking about it. Fond memories.... *sniff*

so much nostalgia

I never played FF11 but I played Word of Warcraft back in early 2005 (Classic "Vanilla" WoW) and some of the stuff you mentioned brought back memories of early wow and how the game is so different now. In WoW vanilla there were big world bosses that took 40+ max level characters to kill and one max level Hunter could kite the world boss to low level areas and major cities. You would see 100's of dead bodies and skeletons from players remains lol. The chat would be filled with salty tears.

I started in 2004 pc. Stayed current for most of years til 2014. I still play on and off to catch up on gear, see whats new. Never found a game with jobs like sch, blu. My scholar is so much fun doing unique things. And i taught so many players. Great times.

Man FFXI, the most amazing mmo community I've ever had the pleasure of being involved in. That first run to Jueno my god, seeing a malboro as a taru....... Scary stuff lol

Starcaises with the slimes was in Ordell's Caves. I spent three months camping Sozu Rogberry in Temple of Uggalepih against botters and killed it around 70 times before The Thief's Knife dropped (I kept a logbook of my kills). At the time it was so valuable that the selling price was higher than the maximum price you could set in your bazaar, well over 100 million gil. Of course as a THF I wanted it to use not to sell, owning one was a mark of your dedication to the THF job and going down into that hellhole and camping it for months till you got it was considered a badge of honor among thieves. They eventually introduced item levels to equipment (your total "ilevel" determined by your gear's item levels) and content levels now go up to around level 140 or so, if you want the best of the best gear you still have to group with other players. Also they now have "job points" that work similarly to merit points but have a much greater effect on your character and take a LONG time to cap out and the only effective way to earn them is by grinding on that job. Job points are exclusive to each job so if you want to get job points for MNK you have to grind them on MNK. A character with capped job points has a set of gold stars over their name and has a "job master" title.

Bastok represent! When I first started playing FFXI way back at the original NA launch, I was completely focused on getting to Samurai, yet I had never played a MMORPG before in my life, so it took me months to get there. I remember my early Valkurm Dunes parties. None of the English speaking players had any advanced jobs yet, so all my parties were 4-5 warriors and a white mage. Sometimes 1 Black Mage if we were lucky. Those were such carefree days. I was working part time, still living at home, and spent all my free time every day sitting in front of my PC on FFXI. The funny thing about it is, back then I loved it so much, and I wouldn't have traded my time with the game for the world. But today, I could never play a game that hardcore again. I just don't have the time or the patience that FFXI demanded. I mean, the time effort, and suffering that just getting my SAM AF body piece took alone was insane. It was a coffer chest in the Temple of Uggly (that's that I called it. The Tonberry infested temple). It took so many people helping me to work through that place, check every coffer spawn points, farm the Tonberry for keys to open all the doors just to explore the place to check for the coffer, and farm the key to open the actual coffer. We had to glitch open one specific door and that always caused many deaths, then we had to fight and re-fight the doll that guarded another one of the doors each time we passed through it. I had a level 75 Dragoon friend who was with me helping for 7 hours. She was 74 by the time I got my coffer open. And the hell of it is that the SAM AF body piece isn't even good. It had tank stats on it.

Miss this game so much