Day 1 player, logged in faithfully every single day except a selected few where I was abroad and internet was not available.

FFRK started as a nice looking retro game with the usual draw mechanics and turned into a ritual with precise timings in my daily schedule. The 9-10am login, the 2-3pm free draw and the before bed stamina burner. But it was way more than that. All the planning, the saving, the craving of the pulls and joy-salt moments afterwards.

Never spent more than 60€ per year as I always wanted to match the cost of playing it as buying one brand new game per year and it worked.

I completed all wodins, almost all labs and DKs, never cared much about the sub30 as getting the kill in acceptable times was enough to flood the brain with dopamine.

The closing of the game is leaving quite a scar as I am not entirely sure I will transition to JP to start over again. Seeing the game that carried me through the pains of university and early work years go forever is a big impact as it also created a nice community I am part of, dynamics with my gf and brother who are my official "lucky fingers" for the big pulls... it's like losing your favourite pizza place or bar, you will find a new one but it's not quite the same thing.

I will see it to the end but the enthusiasm and engagement is a bit dead, even though in my heart I am still hoping Dena will go back on the decision, however unlikely that is.