FFXIV automatically kicked me from Novice Network

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10-19-2017, 12:10 AM
Syncroniam

FFXIV automatically kicked me from Novice Network

Hi, i started this game a while back and through my time in it i made a lot of friends in the Novice Network and had a lot of fun with them, but today suddenly when i unlocked Stormblood expansion, the game itself automatically kicked me from there without warning and i lost contact with everyone. It was not a player who kicked me, it was the game itself and i still have a lot of questions so i can't understand why it would do that since its the best channel to socialize in the game. The worst part is that i can't find a way to get back in that specific network, i can't remember the name and acctualy i think i can't join any novice network anymore.
10-19-2017, 12:12 AM
Snow_Princess

Can you make an alt on that server and ask around about joining a ls with most of those people in it or write down some names to befriend?
10-19-2017, 12:14 AM
Syncroniam

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Originally Posted by Snow_Princess

Can you make an alt on that server and ask around about joining a ls with most of those people in it or write down some names to befriend?

But why do i have to do all that in the first place, this system is very depressing making all those good friends and then kicking you out of nowhere without having done anything wrong.
10-19-2017, 12:15 AM
Snow_Princess

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Originally Posted by Syncroniam

But why do i have to do all that in the first place, this system is very depressing making all those good friends and then kicking you out of nowhere without having done anything wrong.

I do not know, and it can be improved ya, I am just letting you know what you can do now to deal with it.
10-19-2017, 12:16 AM
Aronys

I think that's a built in system. You stopped being a sprout, I presume, so you're not a novice anymore. Once you become a mentor, I believe you will be able to re-enter.
10-19-2017, 12:17 AM
Vaer

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Originally Posted by Syncroniam

But why do i have to do all that in the first place, this system is very depressing making all those good friends and then kicking you out of nowhere without having done anything wrong.

Did you lose the mandragora bud? That would kick you out of it. It gets removed automatically after a certain amount of hours or you finish some part of the story.

After SB came out it is :
Have played less than 168 hours
Have not completed the main scenario quest "The Far Edge of Fate"

If you meet any of those the other ways of getting back in is to become a mentor or unsub so you can get returner status some way.
10-19-2017, 12:17 AM
eaudaemon

Just speculating, since you made it all the way to stormblood you probably graduated from a novice? Just guessing.
10-19-2017, 12:57 AM
Syncroniam

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Originally Posted by Vaer

Did you lose the mandragora bud? That would kick you out of it. It gets removed automatically after a certain amount of hours or you finish some part of the story.

After SB came out it is :
Have played less than 168 hours
Have not completed the main scenario quest "The Far Edge of Fate"

If you meet any of those the other ways of getting back in is to become a mentor or unsub so you can get returner status some way.

For how long do i have to be unsubscribed in order to enter the Novice Network again? And how many days will it give me when i re-enter it. I feel really sad that it kicked me like that and i lost the will to continue without all my friends in the novice network.
10-19-2017, 12:59 AM
silverlunarfox

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Originally Posted by Syncroniam

For how long do i have to be unsubscribed in order to enter the Novice Network again? And how many days will it give me when i re-enter it. I feel really sad that it kicked me like that and i lost the will to continue without all my friends in the novice network.

create an alt, tell your friends what happened. make a linkshell. :D
10-19-2017, 01:01 AM
Aronys

It's not a subscription thing, it's a hours played or hitting a certain point in the story thing. If it got removed once you got into SB, then that's the point you stop being a novice, and know everything that the novice network could have taught you. If you want to keep in touch with them, add them to a friends list, or better yet, form a linkshell with them. If you make a new character, that character will count as a new player, and you will be able to re-enter the novice network as a novice. If you gain the mentor status on your main, you will be able to re-enter the novice network as a mentor.
10-19-2017, 01:02 AM
Vaer

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Originally Posted by Syncroniam

For how long do i have to be unsubscribed in order to enter the Novice Network again? And how many days will it give me when i re-enter it. I feel really sad that it kicked me like that and i lost the will to continue without all my friends in the novice network.

No idea. You just need the flower icon to get back in. I think it's 45 days at least with no activity on the character to get the flower. Wouldn't suggest it though.

Either that or make a new character to get invited to just hang out when you feel like it if that's an option or add all your friends to your friend list and talk to them that way.
10-19-2017, 01:07 AM
eaudaemon

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Originally Posted by Syncroniam

For how long do i have to be unsubscribed in order to enter the Novice Network again? And how many days will it give me when i re-enter it. I feel really sad that it kicked me like that and i lost the will to continue without all my friends in the novice network.

Returner status is like months being unsubed, by that time your friends would have graduated from novice just like you, best way to get in touch with them is try going back to the Novice Network ( making an alt, so you can have the bud icon again), then start writing down names and add them as friends or make a linkshell.

graduating from novice is part of growing up in this game, just like you your friends will be graduating soon so its a good idea to find ways to get in touch with them
10-19-2017, 01:14 AM
Dark-Saviour

Returner status lasts a rather trivial amount of time and requires a 45-day gap, so that's kind of not worth it.

Does suck losing access to the closest thing the game has to a proper global chat though; game's felt rather dead since I got booted from it (Linkshells are not a viable alternative IMO), but I've gotten used to it. :-/
10-19-2017, 01:15 AM
InkstainedGwyn

Of note, the Novice Network is to introduce new players to the game. The hope is that by the time you're 'not a novice', you've learned how to use the many features of the game, like friends lists, Linkshells, Free Companies, etc.

Your friends from the NN will also be leaving the channel soon, if they haven't already, so the best option you have is to make a Linkshell of your own for anyone you loved talking to/hanging out with. Linkshells can have over 150 people, so you can pretty much recreate your Novice Network experience while still keeping the NN itself for new players who need to learn how to play the game.

You could also create a Free Company with your friends if you haven't already joined one you like.

I absolutely understand wanting to keep in touch with people, but the NN was never meant to be permanent and the game gives many other options that are permanent so that you can continue to talk to the people you've grown close to.
10-19-2017, 01:54 AM
Alael

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Originally Posted by Syncroniam

But why do i have to do all that in the first place, this system is very depressing making all those good friends and then kicking you out of nowhere without having done anything wrong.

think you can manually be re-invited by a mentor.
10-19-2017, 02:02 AM
Lazaruz

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Originally Posted by Alael

think you can manually be re-invited by a mentor.

If they were still a "sprout" a.k.a Novice, then yes.
But the system automaticly removing someone from the Network is a immediate tell that the user is no longer considered a "Novice" by the system

InkstainedGwyn said it best

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Originally Posted by InkstainedGwyn

I absolutely understand wanting to keep in touch with people, but the NN was never meant to be permanent and the game gives many other options that are permanent so that you can continue to talk to the people you've grown close to.
10-19-2017, 04:19 AM
Voltron_HD

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Originally Posted by InkstainedGwyn

Of note, the Novice Network is to introduce new players to the game. The hope is that by the time you're 'not a novice', you've learned how to use the many features of the game, like friends lists, Linkshells, Free Companies, etc.

Your friends from the NN will also be leaving the channel soon, if they haven't already, so the best option you have is to make a Linkshell of your own for anyone you loved talking to/hanging out with. Linkshells can have over 150 people, so you can pretty much recreate your Novice Network experience while still keeping the NN itself for new players who need to learn how to play the game.

You could also create a Free Company with your friends if you haven't already joined one you like.

I absolutely understand wanting to keep in touch with people, but the NN was never meant to be permanent and the game gives many other options that are permanent so that you can continue to talk to the people you've grown close to.

This 100%. Hunt down those friends you made and make a LS. Name it like "Novice Network: College Edition" who knows, it might be a huge hit :D