W'mhelgo Hena @ Cedarwood (new NPC, another 7th Umbral Era secret event?)

This NPC appeared just west of Cedarwood recently (not sure when) and I cannot find the purpose of it. When you click her the cursor just activates the action bar, so there is no dialouge from start.

http://i.imgur.com/cVuoo.jpg

Does anyone know what its purpose is, or if there are more of these around?

There is a same NPC near the Halitali outpost

Are you sure it's not just the NPC for faction leves?

hmm... Ah, that NPC!
She shows up whenever you do a Faction Leve in Limsa Lominsa. It might have been someone popping the leve, being bugged and now it shows for everybody.
Lemme check if this could be true... Yup, it can be either of these Faction Leves:

Wanted: Godwin Goodgoat
Operation: Reaving Home
Operation: Supplication Denied

Normally these characters are not viewable to anyone outside the leve in action. There may be something else going on. Don't be so quick to write it off.

EDIT: Especially since someone said appeared in Halitali. There should be none that spawn there.

A separate post for off topi question. I've seen so many people with this weird cursor arrow.
I'm assuming it's a 3rd party mod can you please say what it is.

Hey Talice! I'm from Fabul as well and I kept seeing her too. Someone then informed me that it is a Factions NPC... if you recall, Cedarwood is pretty popular with that particular group of lalafell RMTers that group together. I had no idea though that Faction NPCs are't supposed to be visible to those outside of the leve like Haru mentioned, however.

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Originally Posted by Haru

Normally these characters are not viewable to anyone outside the leve in action. There may be something else going on. Don't be so quick to write it off.

EDIT: Especially since someone said appeared in Halitali. There should be none that spawn there.

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Easy, I was just putting my opinion out there, damn...
Still though, I'd like to hear about this Halatali NPC.

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Originally Posted by Haru

A separate post for off topi question. I've seen so many people with this weird cursor arrow.
I'm assuming it's a 3rd party mod can you please say what it is.

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It's in-game option through config :)

And yeah I thought these NPC's are only visible to those actually taking part in a faction leve

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Originally Posted by Haru

A separate post for off topi question. I've seen so many people with this weird cursor arrow.
I'm assuming it's a 3rd party mod can you please say what it is.

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As Reinheart said it's under 'cursor type' in Configuration, I believe this is type B. :)

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Hey Talice! I'm from Fabul as well and I kept seeing her too. Someone then informed me that it is a Factions NPC... if you recall, Cedarwood is pretty popular with that particular group of lalafell RMTers that group together. I had no idea though that Faction NPCs are't supposed to be visible to those outside of the leve like Haru mentioned, however.

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Ah yes, *ahem* "MM". I've been doing botany and mining leves here for 2 weeks now and I think she's here with the lalafell army 24/7 lol, at least whenever I am online.

I will try to pop a faction leve and see if the NPC disappears after I've done it, will report back.

FFXIV has been having issues where mobs don't despawn when they're supposed to and suddenly become viewable by everyone, but no one can perform any actions on them. See this thread. I wouldn't be surprised if the same happened to this NPC.

Faction NPCs are spawning randomly...but don't seem to trigger anything. It's just like the GM reporters spawning at cities as NPC and asking for 3 mole meat in exchange of 20 fireworks.

I've been noticing Flame Sergeants standing around at Halatali too.

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I've been noticing Flame Sergeants standing around at Halatali too.

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Those I believe they are Grand Company Sergeants who'll watch over you while you do the test to become a Sergeant Third Class.

No it's the one you protect for the Company leve there, same getup, midlander hyur, and there have sometimes been two within several feet of each other. The guy for the promotion rank is a Highlander and he's reaaaally far from the aetheryte node and the leve locations.

She is a faction npc for sure and she wears some sexy leopard skin gears....I want!!!