Somebody pinch me, please.

[Catapult]

Either the game is checking for a legacy character in the account or... I am feeling seriously humble right now.

/bows to the Fernehalwes in Sondry Londnes.

[Hestern_Nestern]

My word, Catapult...I just have to say...congratulations! I have to see this for myself now!

Still hoping for a Loremonger class lolx...See you in the game, cool lore guy!

And way to go, Ferne!

[Myranda]

Hah!! That's neat!

What are the coordinates of those NPCs? Others could check em out and see what they say to determine if it's hardcoded or detecting legacy characters on the account as you posited.

[Catapult]

The location in question is at the Aftcastle, Limsa Upper decks, near the gate to lower La Noscea.

[Myranda]

This seems to indeed be hard-coded! Congratulations sir on your honorary mention!

Wonder if there are other mentions anywhere. I'd be almost shocked if Moose doesn't have one hidden somewhere.

Edit to add: I tested it using my wife's account, who didn't play 1.0 at all so there would be no legacy data to pull from.

[NoloeTazier]

haha, grats Catapult.

[Myranda]

Oh it doesn't end there! Found this one in Horizon. You get a double mention it seems!

[HiirNoivl]

Wooooah. o.o Mad props. Of course, now you can never change your characters name. XD

[NoloeTazier]

Now you got me looking for Anonymoose and Noloe talking NPCs.

[Anonymoose]

Wonder if there are other mentions anywhere. I'd be almost shocked if Moose doesn't have one hidden somewhere.

We know a few of the names joked about around here have been dropped into development generators, so we'll have to keep an eye out for where they end up. I'm almost afraid to think of what the denizens of Eorzea would have to say about ol' Moose. (/panic)