My first day of playing was back in April of '06 when it was released for 360. I had a Mac and didn't have the $$ for the PS2 hd. After creating my rdm, equipped my onion dagger and level 1 gear (which I still have to this day) I ran out and poked a bee. I died right when a 75 whm taru named Megamama ran by. She raised me, gave me a pearl to her ls and told me the basics about AH, home point, signet, fame and crafting. She also gave me some yag necklaces and a stack of fire crystals. Within an hour I met another rdm named Dradant and we duoed all day to level 12. We bought snk/inv items and worked our way to Mhaura to catch the boat to the dunes that everyone was talking about. When we boarded, Dradant went to the upper deck and got killed by pirates..lol. I stayed below. There was a 75 rdm that /check me, then gave me 50k. He told me to keep the spirit of the rdm alive. I thought I was rich!
If I could go back that first day, I would tell myself:
1. You don't need to beat Maat on every job to break 75. RDM Maat sucks, beat him on WHM.
2. You will be stuck on the mission "Three Kingdoms". Don't get frustrated, because after 16 times you will meet the bestest taru ever named Thundurchunky. You MUST tell him to never buy gil and control his temper, preventing him from permaban. <3 ya Thundur.
3. Start mining and crafting goldsmithing earlier. Trust me you will eventually be rich, but a whole lot sooner.
Oh I gotta give a /shout out to Themuffingirl who was like 6th on my friends list. Just cause she rocks. Thanks for all the fun!
RDM FTW!!!