Svina, I don't think I've ever met you or played with you but I have seen you many a times. Perhaps you've seen me around as well. I have not read all 15 pages of this and I'm hoping that the item I truly need is still available.
I've been playing since US PC release. My highest job is till only a Lv.56 WAR. The only job in this game that I wish to ever take to 75 is Ninja. I currently have it at Lv.50 and never loved it more.
I had leveled NIN as far as I could without really needing much elite gear. I took it 33 as sub for my WAR and did not touch it for about 1yr. I wanted to camp,quest or farm eveything I needed for the "proper" gear (at least in my eyes).
I've done everything from farming beehive chips, crystals, silks to several hundred BCNM's (many people ripped me off promising to "send gil after items sold bla bla bla

) and camping lizzy/emp forever, hopping on my GF's WHM and doing teleports for me

etc... you know what I mean. Not much my WAR could do anyway except over camped NM's, quests & BCNM's ...
Thru the times... I would say about 10 of my RL friends quit this game, most of them left me small fortunes. The most gil I ever had on me at any one moment was 16,000,000 combining inheritance and personal savings.
When I returned to 33NIN I had my emp hairpin, leaping boots, as much +EVA gear as possible, I used Snipers I had on my WAR later on, etc etc etc. My main goal ... EVA anyway.
Now I'm level 50. If I can say so myself... My NIN is worth about 11mil worth of gear/scrolls now but I'm very much too broke to buy my next most important item by the time I hit the level.
Scorpions Harness.
Without a doubt a must have for me to play this job as tank. You said you want to pass it on to someone who will make great use of it. My wish is to hit Lv.75 NIN by end of year. The item will be given great use. It will not be sold (as I need it so badly). It would be great if you would choose to award me the honor of holding it in good use. This way I don't have to slow down my leveling extremely to go scheme/work on ways to make 4+mil ... Maybe by the time you come back I will have enough to buy my own/get my own.
I don't know
I hate "asking" for stuff in this game and most people that know me will tell you that I do repay, I don't rip off and that I'm more a helpful player than a snob or ass.
You are obviously quitting and so I figured hey, Worth a shot to ask and give a reason.
That item is the one thing on the tippy top of my wishlist. I don't plan on quitting and I do plan on NIN75.
Unless you have other plans for that item or someone else in mind. Please consider me to be it's holder.
Thank You.
-Rev
EDIT:
I read the 15 pages... :shock: ...I now see it will be by random. I hope I make the cut.
Svina good luck with WoW... I picked up WoW, EQ2, Lineage II, etc etc etc but they just werent as good to me as FFXI. All my RL friends quit FFXI also for WoW. They say they love it. Me, I didn't. In a way though, we should all quit playing MMORPG's

Let's get back to life. But me, screw it ... I guess I got the time for it right now
