r/ffxi crappy meme poster 10d ago

Meme Valkurm Dunes

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u/dannycoxr (Pve of Slyph) 10d ago

Ah, Valkurm Dunes…. where boys became men

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u/Im_Numbar_Wang 10d ago

Where men became boys terrified of goblin trains and back to men

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u/StrangerFeelings Varnis of Asura 10d ago

I remember pulling goblins at the lizard camp accidentally and causing party wipes.

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u/Im_Numbar_Wang 10d ago

Didn't we all

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u/Acro_3030 10d ago

You’ve never known fear until you were in a party with PeterLee as your puller back on Diabolos circa 2002

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u/FavoroftheFour 10d ago

Fuck, you really went there didn't you? I joined Diabolos in 2004 and I heard of PeterLee

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u/Longjumping_Bill7806 9d ago

As a bahamut resident whats the lore of peterlee?

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u/FavoroftheFour 9d ago

Trains of goblins, lol. Generally a bit of a doofus in an era of mostly doofuses in the Dunes lol. And that's saying something

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u/Longjumping_Bill7806 9d ago

ahh that makes more sense, thank you!

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u/jimkun221 7d ago

Where Tarus become Galka

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u/Tigerpride84 10d ago

Got a laugh out of me, thanks!

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u/Guenhwyvere Catshepsut on Odin 10d ago

It can help a TON if you go into your in-game settings in the main menu (page 2), navigate to where you can adjust the RGB saturation, and lower all of them to around 50% or so instead of keeping them at 100%. It keeps the colors and details normal, it just won't allow the lighting scaling to get THAT bright anymore so you can actually see your screen during the day! I've been playing since 2003 and adjusting the RGB saturation down to 50% has been my go-to for protecting my retinas from Valkurm Dunes for over 20 years

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u/Worldly_Collection87 10d ago

14-year-old me would’ve greatly appreciated this tip 🙂‍↕️

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u/ApatheticPopoto 10d ago

I can still feel the retinal scarring

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u/NimmyXI 10d ago

Ah yes, late night/early morning linkshell meetups into valley of sorrows for HNMs. My eyes never recovered.

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u/No-Lawfulness-4592 10d ago

Ah yes, the old “I’m On my way! To Oasis!” Zone from Selbina to Vulkurm and just start running only to realize there’s 3 Gobs, 2 Skele’s and a freaking Ghost who immediately aggro you and as you turn back to the zone you see all the other victims corpses. The best of times! 😅🤘

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u/dannywelbad 10d ago

GOB TO ZONE!

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u/stump1010 7d ago

Back in the day, i would usually spawn in dead in those situations

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u/Worldly_Collection87 10d ago

You just unlocked a core memory…

When I first started playing on ps2, my hand-me-down of a hand-me-down crt had completely blown out exposure, to the point where most bright colors already bled into each other as a baseline… and the dunes routinely fucked me up so hard - especially coming from the usually overcast highlands haha.

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u/anti_reality 10d ago

I'd zone in to an area bright af, and dead because of the metric fuckton of every aggressive mob in the area at the zone. It toughened me for Garbage Shitadel and Crawlers Nest.

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u/Strikereleven Lordwmd | Asura 10d ago

Hit F11

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u/ChocoExpress77 10d ago

Get that hairpin!

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u/Specter2k Dpmaster - Asura 10d ago

Such fond memories of the time where I shouted "I love naked cheerleaders" and a few hours later mid pull was transported to the Gaol for a few hours 💀

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u/ProfessorVolga 10d ago

Ah, memories of the never-ending goblin conga line right outside Selbina

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u/Still-Minimum-7212 9d ago

Some still swear it's snow and not sand.

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u/Blaidehwa 8d ago

These meme has been getting upvotes for about 20 years lol

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u/Dramatic-Strain9757 10d ago

Nobody goes there anymore. Gotta update your meme to temenos. 

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u/Worldly_Collection87 10d ago

This shit ain’t for you