This guyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.
I'm on Crystal now. Got to hang out with more people in game at once than I literally ever have before. Hell, even Gridania was more packed than I'd ever seen Limsa on OCE. Absolutely buck-wild.
But mostly almost a dozen folks showed up and hung out. Everyone was so excited to hang, and just be in-game together, it was honestly one of the best experiences I've had in the game.
Yes, it was partly due to the novelty of getting to see my apparently 8 foot 6 inches Xaelaboy in the flesh, because good god, but the novelty eventually wore off and people just chilled and chatted and played around and it was fuckin' great.
We even ran a quick levelling roulette! First I've done in MONTHS! Almost forgot how to fucking play, I was so nervous. Ping seemed fine. I just gotta be on the ball for AOEs. Tight ones will for sure get me. 13 minutes though, with no queue. Unf. I could get used to having friends who also play the game!!